자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0017162428

International Standard Book Number  

9798382837932

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

100

Main Entry-Personal Name  

VandenHombergh, Jonathon Jacob.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : The University of Wisconsin - Madison., 2024

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024

Physical Description  

136 p.

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-12, Section: A.

General Note  

Advisor: Masrour, Farid.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2024.

Summary, Etc.  

요약The problem of the many is a paradox, on which many candidates are individually and equally well-suited to uniquely constituting an object. In this dissertation, I defend a novel solution to the problem of the many: typism. According to typism, the object in question is constituted by the type to which the many candidates belong as tokens, rather than any of the tokens themselves. Just as it is not paradoxical to claim that "rose" is the longest word in "a rose is a rose is a rose"-despite the presence of three longest words therein-it is not paradoxical to claim that the candidate constitutes an object- despite the presence of many candidate constituters. After the introduction, I present in chapter 1 a synoptic description and defense of typism, in the process comparing it with alternative solutions. The remainder of the dissertation elaborates on key issues from this first chapter, its centerpiece. Chapter 2 provides an account of distinctively metaphysical arbitrariness, and explains why such arbitrariness occasionally-as in the problem of the many-warrants rejection. Chapter 3 clarifies the resemblance between types and their tokens which (among other things) underlies the defense of typism, specifically by appeal to the generic features of pluralities of said tokens. Chapter 4 addresses an explanatory challenge to typism-how can abstract types constitute non-abstract objects?-by outlining a model on which constitution is, in this case, a form of projection (e.g., as occurs in augmented reality technology). Finally, I conclude the dissertation by pictorially summarizing the typist's response to the problem of the many, and pointing toward future work on the relationship between perception and metaphysical determinacy.

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Philosophy.

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Metaphysics.

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Epistemology.

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Abstract objects

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Arbitrariness

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Generics

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Problem of the many

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Projection

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Type token distinction

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The University of Wisconsin - Madison Philosophy

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Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-12A.

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