Sorensen's Disappearing Act: A Response

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Roy Sorensen has discussed a scenario he calls 'the Disappearing Act', introduced a puzzle based on this scenario, and offered a solution to this puzzle. We argue against Sorensen's solution and offer our own.

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Joshua Spencer
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Gregory Fowler
University of Rochester (PhD)

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Seeing dark things: the philosophy of shadows.Roy Sorensen - 2008 - New York: Oxford University Press.
The Disappearing Act.R. Sorensen - 2006 - Analysis 66 (4):319-325.

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