Are Quine’s criteria of adequacy for individuations unduly restrictive?
An important principle guiding Quine’s ontology consists in the rejection of ‘entities without identity’. It is used by him to reject intensional and merely possible entities. But Quine has never made explicit what the criteria are that a given sort of entities must meet in order to count as ‘well-i...
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FILOSOFIA350852019-01-30T17:10:13Z Are Quine’s criteria of adequacy for individuations unduly restrictive? Greimann, Dirk Quine Principle of individuation Identity Sortal predicate Extensionalism An important principle guiding Quine’s ontology consists in the rejection of ‘entities without identity’. It is used by him to reject intensional and merely possible entities. But Quine has never made explicit what the criteria are that a given sort of entities must meet in order to count as ‘well-individated’ in his sense. In section 1 of this paper, these criteria are reconstructed. Section 2 aims to show that these criteria are unduly restrictive: they imply that even the entities of Quine’s own ontological system lack identity. In section 3, it is argued that the prospects of constructing a less restrictive standard are dim. From this the conclusion is drawn that Quine’s distinction between entities with and without identity is idle. It is a distinction without a difference and must hence be rejected. Universidad de Costa Rica 2018-10-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Contribution application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filosofia/article/view/35085 Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Vol. 57 No. 147 (2018): Revista de Filosofía; 129-136 Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Vol. 57 Núm. 147 (2018): Revista de Filosofía; 129-136 2215-5589 0034-8252 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filosofia/article/view/35085/34631 Derechos de autor 2018 Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Costa Rica |
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An important principle guiding Quine’s ontology consists in the rejection of ‘entities without identity’. It is used by him to reject intensional and merely possible entities. But Quine has never made explicit what the criteria are that a given sort of entities must meet in order to count as ‘well-individated’ in his sense. In section 1 of this paper, these criteria are reconstructed. Section 2 aims to show that these criteria are unduly restrictive: they imply that even the entities of Quine’s own ontological system lack identity. In section 3, it is argued that the prospects of constructing a less restrictive standard are dim. From this the conclusion is drawn that Quine’s distinction between entities with and without identity is idle. It is a distinction without a difference and must hence be rejected. |
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Are Quine’s criteria of adequacy for individuations unduly restrictive? |
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Are Quine’s criteria of adequacy for individuations unduly restrictive? |
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Are Quine’s criteria of adequacy for individuations unduly restrictive? |
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