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Abstract
Is it possible to get by with just one ontological category? We evaluate L.A. Paul's attempt to do so: the mereological bundle theory. The upshot is that Paul's attempt to construct a one category ontology may be challenged with some of her own arguments. In the positive part of the paper we outline a two category ontology with property universals and kind universals. We will also examine Paul's arguments against a version of universal bundle theory that takes spatiotemporal co-location instead of compresence or coinstantiation as the feature by which we can identify genuine bundles. We compare this novel theory, bundle theory with kinds, and Paul's mereological bundle theory and apply them to a case study concerning entangled fermions and co-located bosons.
Original language | English |
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Article number | pqz021 |
Pages (from-to) | 838-857 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | The Philosophical Quarterly |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 277 |
Early online date | 10 May 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2019 |
Keywords
- bundle theory
- categories
- formal ontology
- kind universals
- natural kinds
- universals
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MetaScience: The Metaphysical Unity of Science
Tahko, T., Seifert, V. A., Friend, T. T., Kimpton-Nye, S., Bellazzi, F., Franklin, A. & Morgan, W. H.
1/09/18 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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Professor Tuomas Tahko
- Department of Philosophy - Professor of Metaphysics of Science
Person: Academic