A J Cotnoir
Biographic Data
| ID | 3866027 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A J Cotnoir |
| GIVEN NAMES | A J |
| FAMILY NAME | Cotnoir |
| SIGNATURE | COTNOIR A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4528-7570 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Fully divine and fully human
Philosophers and theologians have long recognized apparent contradictions in the Christian doctrine of the incarnation wherein Jesus is both fully divine and fully human and thereby exemplifies all properties essential to being divine and all properties essential to being human, including, respectively, immutability and mutability. In this article, we outline a new account of such apparent contradictions, wherein each such pair of (modal) propert…
Is Weak Supplementation analytic
Mereological principles are often controversial; perhaps the most stark contrast is between those who claim that Weak Supplementation is analytic—constitutive of our notion of proper parthood—and those who argue that the principle is simply false, and subject to many counterexamples. The aim of this paper is to diagnose the source of this dispute. I’ll suggest that the dispute has arisen by participants failing to be sensitive to two different co…
From Truth Pluralism to Ontological Pluralism and Back
Inconsistent boundaries
Composition as Identity
Composition is the relation between a whole and its parts—the parts are said to compose the whole; the whole comprises the parts. But is a whole anything over and above its parts taken collectively? Are the many parts identical to the one whole? This chapter traces the motivations, varieties, and problems with the view that has come to be known as composition as identity. It also provides an introduction and background in formal mereology and plu…
Strange Parts
The dominant theory of parts and wholes - classical extensional mereology - has faced a number of challenges in the recent literature. This article gives a sampling of some of the alleged counterexamples to some of the more controversial principles involving the connections between parthood and identity. Along the way, some of the main revisionary approaches are reviewed. First, counterexamples to extensionality are reviewed. The 'supplementation…
Validity for Strong Pluralists
Peer reviewed
Anti-Symmetry and Non-Extensional Mereology
I examine the link between extensionality principles of classical mereology and the anti-symmetry of parthood. Varzi’s most recent defence of extensionality depends crucially on assuming anti-symmetry. I examine the notions of proper parthood, weak supplementation and non-well-foundedness. By rejecting anti-symmetry, the anti-extensionalist has a unified, independently grounded response to Varzi’s arguments. I give a formal construction of a non-…
Anti-Symmetry and Non-Extensional Mereology
I examine the link between extensionality principles of classical mereology and the anti-symmetry of parthood. Varzi’s most recent defence of extensionality depends crucially on assuming anti-symmetry. I examine the notions of proper parthood, weak supplementation and non-well-foundedness. By rejecting anti-symmetry, the anti-extensionalist has a unified, independently grounded response to Varzi’s arguments. I give a formal construction of a non-…
Strange Parts
The dominant theory of parts and wholes - classical extensional mereology - has faced a number of challenges in the recent literature. This article gives a sampling of some of the alleged counterexamples to some of the more controversial principles involving the connections between parthood and identity. Along the way, some of the main revisionary approaches are reviewed. First, counterexamples to extensionality are reviewed. The 'supplementation…
Validity for Strong Pluralists
Peer reviewed
Is Weak Supplementation analytic
Mereological principles are often controversial; perhaps the most stark contrast is between those who claim that Weak Supplementation is analytic—constitutive of our notion of proper parthood—and those who argue that the principle is simply false, and subject to many counterexamples. The aim of this paper is to diagnose the source of this dispute. I’ll suggest that the dispute has arisen by participants failing to be sensitive to two different co…
Inconsistent boundaries
Anti-Symmetry and Non-Extensional Mereology
I examine the link between extensionality principles of classical mereology and the anti-symmetry of parthood. Varzi’s most recent defence of extensionality depends crucially on assuming anti-symmetry. I examine the notions of proper parthood, weak supplementation and non-well-foundedness. By rejecting anti-symmetry, the anti-extensionalist has a unified, independently grounded response to Varzi’s arguments. I give a formal construction of a non-…
Validity for Strong Pluralists
Peer reviewed
Strange Parts
The dominant theory of parts and wholes - classical extensional mereology - has faced a number of challenges in the recent literature. This article gives a sampling of some of the alleged counterexamples to some of the more controversial principles involving the connections between parthood and identity. Along the way, some of the main revisionary approaches are reviewed. First, counterexamples to extensionality are reviewed. The 'supplementation…
Composition as Identity
Composition is the relation between a whole and its parts—the parts are said to compose the whole; the whole comprises the parts. But is a whole anything over and above its parts taken collectively? Are the many parts identical to the one whole? This chapter traces the motivations, varieties, and problems with the view that has come to be known as composition as identity. It also provides an introduction and background in formal mereology and plu…
From Truth Pluralism to Ontological Pluralism and Back
Inconsistent boundaries
Is Weak Supplementation analytic
Mereological principles are often controversial; perhaps the most stark contrast is between those who claim that Weak Supplementation is analytic—constitutive of our notion of proper parthood—and those who argue that the principle is simply false, and subject to many counterexamples. The aim of this paper is to diagnose the source of this dispute. I’ll suggest that the dispute has arisen by participants failing to be sensitive to two different co…
Fully divine and fully human
Philosophers and theologians have long recognized apparent contradictions in the Christian doctrine of the incarnation wherein Jesus is both fully divine and fully human and thereby exemplifies all properties essential to being divine and all properties essential to being human, including, respectively, immutability and mutability. In this article, we outline a new account of such apparent contradictions, wherein each such pair of (modal) propert…
Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Mereology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Metaphysics (3 works) · Analytic philosophy (2 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works)