Javier Cumpa
Biographic Data
| ID | 962278 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javier Cumpa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javier |
| FAMILY NAME | Cumpa |
| SIGNATURE | CUMPA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8848-2117 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Permissivism and the debate about universals
Permissivism is a view about ontological questions which holds that such questions for the most part can all be trivially answered. Understood in this way, Permissivism seems to be entailed, or at least motivated by, an important number of ontological and metaontological views, ranging from Mereological Universalism and Material Plenitude to ontologies which draw prominently on some notion of fundamentality, and Deflationism. By and large, permis…
Easy ontology and the problem of universals
In this article, I critically examine a problem of Thomasson’s project of demystification of metaphysics since Ontology Made Easy and Norms and Necessity, and that it is central in Rethinking Metaphysics. Namely, the so-called ‘problem of universals’. Thomasson has developed a novel non-explanatory metaphysics of universals, according to which there are universals, but these do not play explanatory roles. I discuss two major problems of her metap…
The necessity of conceivability
Nature of Ordinary Objects
Against Mereological Nominalism
Resisting easy inferences1
Amie Thomasson has articulated a novel conception of ontological debates, defending an easy approach to ontological questions as part of the articulation of a deflationary metaphysical view (Thomasson, 2015). After raising some concerns to the approach, we sketch a neutralist alternative to her ontological framework, offering an even easier way of conducting ontological debates
Categories
Categories play a major role in contemporary metaphysics. They have not only been invoked in a number of philosophical theories but are themselves objects of epistemological and metaphysical scrutiny. In this article, we will discuss the following questions: How do we know when something belongs to a certain category? Is there a fundamental category of the world? Can we give a satisfactory account of the number of categories and the completeness …
The Nature of Ordinary Objects
The metaphysics of ordinary objects is an increasingly vibrant field of study for philosophers. This volume gathers insights from a number of leading authors, who together tackle the central issues in contemporary debates about the subject. Their essays engage with topics including composition, persistence, perception, artefacts, truthmakers, metaontology and the relationship between the manifest and scientific images. Exploring the nature of eve…
Defending Realism
Ontological Categories
Sobre la expresión
En 1931, Rudolf Carnap publicó un artículo titulado "Die Überwindung der Metaphysik durch logische Analyse der Sprache" donde calificaba algunas expresiones de la conferencia de Martin Heidegger, "Was ist Metaphysik?", como 'sinsentidos'. Distinguía así entre expresiones (enunciados) 'con' y 'sin' sentido. Denunció que las que violaran el criterio empirista de significado serían del segundo tipo: 'pseudo-expresiones'. Sin embargo, Carnap reconocí…
Resisting easy inferences1
Amie Thomasson has articulated a novel conception of ontological debates, defending an easy approach to ontological questions as part of the articulation of a deflationary metaphysical view (Thomasson, 2015). After raising some concerns to the approach, we sketch a neutralist alternative to her ontological framework, offering an even easier way of conducting ontological debates
Categories
Categories play a major role in contemporary metaphysics. They have not only been invoked in a number of philosophical theories but are themselves objects of epistemological and metaphysical scrutiny. In this article, we will discuss the following questions: How do we know when something belongs to a certain category? Is there a fundamental category of the world? Can we give a satisfactory account of the number of categories and the completeness …
Ontological Categories
Sobre la expresión
En 1931, Rudolf Carnap publicó un artículo titulado "Die Überwindung der Metaphysik durch logische Analyse der Sprache" donde calificaba algunas expresiones de la conferencia de Martin Heidegger, "Was ist Metaphysik?", como 'sinsentidos'. Distinguía así entre expresiones (enunciados) 'con' y 'sin' sentido. Denunció que las que violaran el criterio empirista de significado serían del segundo tipo: 'pseudo-expresiones'. Sin embargo, Carnap reconocí…
Defending Realism
The Nature of Ordinary Objects
The metaphysics of ordinary objects is an increasingly vibrant field of study for philosophers. This volume gathers insights from a number of leading authors, who together tackle the central issues in contemporary debates about the subject. Their essays engage with topics including composition, persistence, perception, artefacts, truthmakers, metaontology and the relationship between the manifest and scientific images. Exploring the nature of eve…
Resisting easy inferences1
Amie Thomasson has articulated a novel conception of ontological debates, defending an easy approach to ontological questions as part of the articulation of a deflationary metaphysical view (Thomasson, 2015). After raising some concerns to the approach, we sketch a neutralist alternative to her ontological framework, offering an even easier way of conducting ontological debates
Categories
Categories play a major role in contemporary metaphysics. They have not only been invoked in a number of philosophical theories but are themselves objects of epistemological and metaphysical scrutiny. In this article, we will discuss the following questions: How do we know when something belongs to a certain category? Is there a fundamental category of the world? Can we give a satisfactory account of the number of categories and the completeness …
Nature of Ordinary Objects
Against Mereological Nominalism
The necessity of conceivability
Easy ontology and the problem of universals
In this article, I critically examine a problem of Thomasson’s project of demystification of metaphysics since Ontology Made Easy and Norms and Necessity, and that it is central in Rethinking Metaphysics. Namely, the so-called ‘problem of universals’. Thomasson has developed a novel non-explanatory metaphysics of universals, according to which there are universals, but these do not play explanatory roles. I discuss two major problems of her metap…
Permissivism and the debate about universals
Permissivism is a view about ontological questions which holds that such questions for the most part can all be trivially answered. Understood in this way, Permissivism seems to be entailed, or at least motivated by, an important number of ontological and metaontological views, ranging from Mereological Universalism and Material Plenitude to ontologies which draw prominently on some notion of fundamentality, and Deflationism. By and large, permis…
Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (7 works) · Metaphysics (6 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (5 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Problem of universals (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Ontology (2 works)