[PDF][PDF] A theory of metaphysical indeterminacy

E Barnes, JRG Williams - 2011 - philarchive.org
In this paper, we aim to provide a theory of metaphysical indeterminacy. But there are many
different projects such an ambition could encompass, so it is important to be clear about …

[图书][B] The double lives of objects: An essay in the metaphysics of the ordinary world

T Sattig - 2015 - books.google.com
Thomas Sattig develops and defends a novel philosophical picture of ordinary objects, such
as persons, tables, trees, and mountains. His theory carves a middle way between the two …

Ontic vagueness and metaphysical indeterminacy

JRG Williams - Philosophy Compass, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Might it be that world itself, independently of what we know about it or how we represent it, is
metaphysically indeterminate? This article tackles in turn a series of questions: In what sorts …

[图书][B] Vagueness and thought

A Bacon - 2018 - books.google.com
Vagueness is the study of concepts that admit borderline cases: the property of being bald is
vague because there are people who are neither definitely bald, nor definitely not bald. The …

[图书][B] Indeterminacy in the World

A Torza - 2023 - cambridge.org
The way we represent the world in thought and language is shot through with indeterminacy:
we speak of red apples and yellow apples without thereby committing to any sharp cutoff …

[图书][B] Being in flux: A post-anthropocentric ontology of the self

R Raud - 2021 - books.google.com
Reality exists independently of human observers, but does the same apply to its structure?
Realist ontologies usually assume so: according to them, the world consists of objects, these …

Vagueness & modality—An ecumenical approach

JE Litland, J Yli-Vakkuri - Philosophical Perspectives, 2016 - JSTOR
How does vagueness interact with metaphysical modality and with restrictions of it, such as
nomological modality? In particular, how do definiteness, necessity (understood as restricted …

Boolean-valued models and their applications

X Wu - 2022 - dspace.mit.edu
Boolean-valued models generalize classical two-valued models by allowing arbitrary
complete Boolean algebras as value ranges. The goal of my dissertation is to study Boolean …

Supersubstantivalism and vague location

M Leonard - Philosophical Studies, 2022 - Springer
One well-known objection to supersubstantivalism is that it is inconsistent with the
contingency of location. This paper presents a new objection to supersubstantivalism: it is …

Boolean mereology

X Wu - Journal of Philosophical Logic, 2023 - Springer
Most ordinary objects-cats, humans, mountains, ships, tables, etc.-have indeterminate
mereological boundaries. If the theory of mereology is meant to include ordinary objects at …