Processes and their modal profile
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10811448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Riccardo Baratella (0000-0002-4387-2912, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 201 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Synthese (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-7857 • E-ISSN: 1573-0964 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11229-023-04051-3 |
| OpenAlex | W4321085235 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 42 |
A widely debated issue in contemporary metaphysics is whether the modal profile of ordinary objects has to be explained in non-modal terms (that is, Thesis 1 ). However, how to solve such an issue with respect to occurrences – namely, processes and events – is a question that has been largely neglected in the current metaphysical debate. The general goal of this article is to start filling this gap. As a first result of the article, we make it plausible that, if Thesis 1 holds for objects, then it also holds for processes and events. Then, we develop a metaphysical account of processes derived from Fine’s (1999, 2022) suggestions, according to which a process is a variable embodiment that is manifested by different events at the different times it goes on – namely, Thesis 2 . We raised the challenge from the completion of a process that asks the Finean account of processes to explain relevant modal features of processes in non-modal terms. As a second result, we argue that four initially plausible strategies for solving such a challenge fall short of solving it. As a third result, we show that the theory of variable embodiments Fine formulates for objects must differ from the theory of variable embodiments that aims to model processes. We conclude by investigating some revisions to a theory of variable embodiments that aims to model processes
Epistemology · Metaphysics · Modal · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of mind · Philosophy of science · Process (computing) · Variable (mathematics) · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
The Structure of Objects
Making Objects and Events
Real Essentialism
Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?
Things and Their Parts
Events as Property Exemplifications
Spatio-Temporal Coincidence and the Grounding Problem
The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter
On the necessity of essence
Are There Occurrent Continuants
Essence and Modality
Actions as Processes
Hybrid collective intentionality
Against the reduction of modality to essence
The function of modal judgment and the Kantian gap
Verbs and Times
Belief in Absolute Necessity
Process, Action, and Experience
Events, processes, and states
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |