Werner, Jonas (2022). Irreducibly collective existence and bottomless nihilism. Synthese, 200(73), pp. 1-16. Springer Netherlands 10.1007/s11229-022-03623-z
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This paper develops the metaphysical hypothesis that there are irreducibly collective pluralities, pluralities of objects that do not have a singular object among them. A way to formulate this hypothesis using plural quantification will be proposed and the coherence of irreducibly collective existence will be defended. Furthermore, irreducibly collective existence will be shown to allow for bottomless scenarios that do not involve things standing in relations of parthood. This will create logical space for an anti-atomistic form of mereological nihilism.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Werner, Jonas |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy |
ISSN: |
0039-7857 |
Publisher: |
Springer Netherlands |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Jonas Werner |
Date Deposited: |
31 Mar 2022 03:47 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:15 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s11229-022-03623-z |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/167338 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/167338 |
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