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#identity-of-indiscernibles
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Leibniz had the better of the argument with Clarke
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 of coexisting things. My thesis: Leibniz won. His central argument: suppose God had created the whole universe…
Started by Abdulrahman Al-Bassam5 replies -
Bundle theory or bare particulars: which embarrassment would you rather live with?
I tutor logic and keep running into this in tutoring sessions, 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…
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