Metaphysical Arguments Against Ordinary Objects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4352233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amie L Thomasson (0000-0002-6621-5931, University of Miami, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 224 |
| Pages | 340-359 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2006.00446.x |
| OpenAlex | W1974175271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
Several prominent attacks on the objects of ‘folk ontology’ argue that these would be omitted from a scientific ontology, or would be ‘rivals’ of scientific objects for their claims to be efficacious, occupy space, be composed of parts, or possess a range of other properties. I examine causal redundancy and over determination arguments, ‘nothing over and above’ appeals, and arguments based on problems with collocation and with property additivity. I argue that these share a common problem: applying conjunctive principles to cases in which the claims conjoined are not analytically independent. This unified diagnosis provides a way of defending ordinary objects against these common objections, while also yielding warnings about certain uses of general conjunctive principles
Epistemology · Metaphysics · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Iii.—on Referring
Presuppositions
Spatio-Temporal Coincidence and the Grounding Problem
Biobjectivism and Indirect Correspondence
There are no ordinary things
On Being in the Same Place at the Same Time
Theories of Masses and Problems of Constitution
In Defense of Moderate‐Sized Specimens of Dry Goods
What's So Bad About Overdetermination
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |