Metaphysical Indeterminacy and Vague Existence

Oxford Studies in Metaphysics 6:183-197 (2011)
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One pressing question facing Barnes andWilliams is that of which vari- eties of metaphysical indeterminacy can be can accommodated within their framework. In what remains, I shall examine whether their framework can allow that it sometimes metaphysically indeterminate whether an object exists. I shall begin by outlining an argument, due to Theodore Sider, to the conclusion that vague existence is impossible

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reprint Woodward, Richard (2011) "Metaphysical Indeterminacy and Vague Existence". In Bennett, Karen, Zimmerman, Dean W., Oxford Studies in Metaphysics Volume 6, pp. : Oxford University Press (2011)

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