When I was eleven or twelve years old, I became for a while fixated on the question whether there could be two 'identical' stones. This is, of course, the question whether the principle of identity of indiscernibles is true and, as I formulated it then, I was bound to fall into confusion about it.
Those who think that metaphysics is just misunderstood grammar will react to my giving metaphysics some place or another in the system of knowledge. - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
Those who think that metaphysics is just misunderstood grammar will react to my giving metaphysics some place or another in the system of knowledge.
- Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
I do not believe in the bundle theory anyway. The bundle theory postulates universals and I do not believe in them; so I do not believe in the bundle… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
I do not believe in the bundle theory anyway. The bundle theory postulates universals and I do not believe in them; so I do not believe in the bundle…
The parallelism, or denial of any causation between mind and body, derives basically, and fallaciously, from a theory of substances as having complet… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
The parallelism, or denial of any causation between mind and body, derives basically, and fallaciously, from a theory of substances as having complet…
The role of metaphysics in relation to other disciplines, whether philosophical or not and including the natural sciences, is thus a foundational rol… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
The role of metaphysics in relation to other disciplines, whether philosophical or not and including the natural sciences, is thus a foundational rol…
By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I have thereby defe… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I have thereby defe…
A truthmaker is an entity in virtue of which the proposition it makes true is true. And it is a necessary condition of being a truthmaker (though not… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
A truthmaker is an entity in virtue of which the proposition it makes true is true. And it is a necessary condition of being a truthmaker (though not…
Metaphysics is the study of the most general nature and basic structure of reality, and therefore the concepts of metaphysics, concepts like time, sp… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
Metaphysics is the study of the most general nature and basic structure of reality, and therefore the concepts of metaphysics, concepts like time, sp…
In my view the bundle theorist should say that when a bundle is located somewhere, there is an 'instance' of the bundle there. The instance is entire… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
In my view the bundle theorist should say that when a bundle is located somewhere, there is an 'instance' of the bundle there. The instance is entire…
For bundles of universals can be in more than one place at the same time; so a bundle can have more than one instance; so there can be numerically di… - Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
For bundles of universals can be in more than one place at the same time; so a bundle can have more than one instance; so there can be numerically di…
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