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- Title
Fine's Monster Objection Defanged.
- Authors
Costa, Damiano; Cecconi, Alessandro; Calosi, Claudio
- Abstract
The Monster Objection has often been considered one of the main reasons to explore non-standard mereological views, such as hylomorphism. Still, it has been rarely discussed and then only in a cursory fashion. This paper fills this gap by offering the first thorough assessment of the objection. It argues that different metaphysical stances, such as presentism and three- and four-dimensionalism, provide different ways of undermining the objection.
- Subjects
MONSTERS; HYLOMORPHISM; METAPHYSICS; WHOLE &; parts (Philosophy); PRESENTISM (Philosophy)
- Publication
Philosophical Quarterly, 2023, Vol 73, Issue 2, p435
- ISSN
0031-8094
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pq/pqac040