An Argument for the Existence of Tropes

Maurin, Anna-Sofia

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“…7 7 Some would go as far as to say that no Bradleyan problem arises for (U″). To solve the problem for (U′) by replacing it with (U″) (as arguably proposed by Armstrong at one point (2005, 2006), and criticized by Maurin (2011) is however not recommended. Especially not if Gaskin (2008: esp.…”

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Bradley’s Regress

Maurin

2012

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Ever since F. H. Bradley first formulated his (in)famous regress argument philosophers have been hard at work trying to refute it. The argument fails, it has been suggested, either because its conclusion just does not follow from its premises, or it fails because one or more of its premises should be given up. In this paper, the Bradleyan argument, as well as some of the many and varied reactions it has received, is scrutinized.

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“…Bradley's argument has been much discussed in the literature. More recent contributions include e.g.,Allard (2005);Cameron (2008); Mander (1994);Maurin (2010Maurin ( , 2011Schnieder (2004);Stock (1998);Vallicella (2002);Wieland & Betti (2008).3 For more discussion of this (slightly cryptic) part ofBradley's argument cf. also, Baxter (1996).…”

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Bradley’s Regress

Maurin

2012

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“…I do not believe (following authors like Maurin 2010Maurin , 2011Schneider 2013;Simons 1994) that such responses easily allow refuting BR. First, the regress seems to be vicious because it is a regress of explanation: an initial explanation introduces elements that generate a need for an additional explanation ad infinitum.…”

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Bradley’s Regress and Visual Content

Skrzypulec

2018

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According to the well-known Bradley's Regress argument, one cannot explain the unity of states of affairs by referring to relations combining objects with properties. This argument has been widely discussed within analytic metaphysics, but has not been recognized as relevant for the philosophy of perception. I argue that the mainstream characterization of visual content is threatened by the Bradley's Regress, and the most influential metaphysical solutions to the regress argument cannot be applied in the context of visual content. However, I show that a proper solution to Bradley's Regress can be formulated by taking into consideration features of visual content suggested by empirical research in vision science.

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“…For some examples and discussions of the positives and negatives of the many variants see, inter alia, Barker and Jago (2018), Campbell (1990), Casullo (1984Casullo ( , 1988, , Hakkarainen and Keinänen (2017), Jago (2018), Maurin (2002Maurin ( , 2011, O'Leary- Hawthorne (1995), Paul (2017), Robb (2005), Simons (1994Simons ( , 1998, Ujvári (2013), and Wayne (2008). Furthermore, having instances means that types are universals.…”

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A bundle theory of words

Miller

2019

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It has been a common assumption that words are substances that instantiate or have properties. In this paper, I question the assumption that our ontology of words requires posting substances by outlining a bundle theory of words, wherein words are bundles of various sorts of properties (such as semantic, phonetic, orthographic, and grammatical properties). I argue that this view can better account for certain phenomena than substance theories, is ontologically more parsimonious, and coheres with claims in linguistics.

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An Argument for the Existence of Tropes

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