Abstract
Many philosophers think that, necessarily, any material objects have a fusion (let's call that doctrine "Universalism"). In this paper I point out a couple of strange consequences of Universalism and related doctrines, and suggest that they are strange enough to constitute a powerful argument against those views.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 31-35 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Synthese |
| Volume | 162 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Mereology
- Ontology
- Universalism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- General Social Sciences
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