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- Title
Bare Particulars and Constituent Ontology.
- Authors
Garcia, Robert
- Abstract
My general aim in this paper is to shed light on the controversial concept of a bare particular. I do so by arguing that bare particulars are best understood in terms of the individuative work they do within the framework of a realist constituent ontology. I argue that outside such a framework, it is not clear that the notion of a bare particular is either motivated or coherent. This is suggested by reflection on standard objections to bare particulars. However, within the framework of a realist constituent ontology, bare particulars provide for a coherent theory of individuation-one with a potentially significant theoretical price tag, but one that also has advantages over rival theories.
- Subjects
INDIVIDUATION (Philosophy); ONTOLOGY; COHERENCE (Philosophy); ESSENTIALISM (Philosophy); REALISM; PHILOSOPHY
- Publication
Acta Analytica, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 2, p149
- ISSN
0353-5150
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12136-013-0208-2