Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts

Coincidence (e.g., of a statue and the piece of bronze which constitutes it) comes in two varieties – permanent and temporary. Moderate monism (about coincidence) is the position that permanent coincidence, but not temporary coincidence, entails identity. Extreme monism (also known as the stage the...

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Main Author: Noonan, Harold
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Published: 2007
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description Coincidence (e.g., of a statue and the piece of bronze which constitutes it) comes in two varieties – permanent and temporary. Moderate monism (about coincidence) is the position that permanent coincidence, but not temporary coincidence, entails identity. Extreme monism (also known as the stage theory) is the position that even temporary coincidence entails identity. Pluralists are opponents of monism tout court. The intuitively obvious, commonsensical position (= my own position) is moderate monism. It is therefore important to see if it can be sustained.
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spelling nottingham-7172020-05-04T20:29:03Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/717/ Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts Noonan, Harold Coincidence (e.g., of a statue and the piece of bronze which constitutes it) comes in two varieties – permanent and temporary. Moderate monism (about coincidence) is the position that permanent coincidence, but not temporary coincidence, entails identity. Extreme monism (also known as the stage theory) is the position that even temporary coincidence entails identity. Pluralists are opponents of monism tout court. The intuitively obvious, commonsensical position (= my own position) is moderate monism. It is therefore important to see if it can be sustained. 2007 Article NonPeerReviewed Noonan, Harold (2007) Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts. (Unpublished) monism sortal concepts persistence
spellingShingle monism
sortal concepts
persistence
Noonan, Harold
Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts
title Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts
title_full Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts
title_fullStr Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts
title_full_unstemmed Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts
title_short Moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts
title_sort moderate monism, persistence and sortal concepts
topic monism
sortal concepts
persistence
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/717/