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#identity-of-indiscernibles
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Bundle theory or bare particulars: which embarrassment would you rather live with?
I tutor logic and keep running into this in office hours, so I'd like to hear people argue it properly. Bundle theory: an object is nothing but a bundle of properties. There is no underlying thing that "has" the redness and the…
Started by Ana Clara Ferreira0 replies92 views -
Leibniz had the better of the argument with Clarke
I model oil reservoirs for a living, so space and what fills it is a professional concern. I've been reading the Leibniz–Clarke correspondence of 1715–16, in which Samuel Clarke defended Newton's absolute space and Leibniz argued that space is only the order…
Started by Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani5 replies244 views