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- Title
PETER VAN INWAGEN ON MATERIAL BEINGS.
- Authors
Eklund, Matti
- Abstract
Peter van Inwagen's book Material Beings is centered on the special composition question: the question of when some simples constitute a complex object. Van Inwagen's answer to this question is that simples only constitute a complex object when they constitute an organism. I argue that van Inwagen's reasoning in favor of this conclusion is unconvincing, and also that the significance of the special composition question itself is doubtful.
- Subjects
MATERIAL Beings (Book); VAN Inwagen, Peter; QUESTION (Logic); JUDGMENT (Logic); ORGANISM (Philosophy); OBJECT (Philosophy); NONEXISTENT objects (Philosophy)
- Publication
Ratio, 2002, Vol 15, Issue 3, p245
- ISSN
0034-0006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-9329.00189