Does Indeterminacy Matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20142277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher T Buford (University of Akron), Christopher Buford (University of Akron, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-166 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/theo.12006 |
| OpenAlex | W1580478668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
D erek P arfit has offered numerous arguments in an attempt to establish that identity is not what matters. J ens J ohannson has recently argued that P arfit's various arguments for the claim that identity is not what matters fail to establish what P arfit takes such arguments to establish. J ohannson contends that this is due in part to the invalidity of one of P arfit's key arguments, and the fact that P arfit ignores a position that is compatible with the conclusions of his successful arguments and the claim that identity is in fact what matters, namely, that I survive fission as either one of the fission products or the other, but it is indeterminate which one I survive as. I aim to establish here that both of J ohannson's assertions are problematic. As a corollary of this task, I hope to shed some light on the relationship between indeterminacy and fission‐based arguments for the claim that identity is not what matters
Aesthetics · Corollary · Economics · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Indeterminacy (philosophy) · Indeterminate · Key (lock) · Law and economics · Positive economics · Sociology · Task (project management) · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |