The Problem of Transworld Identity: in Defence of Essentialism.
In this article, the problem of transworld identity -- that is the question, if and how it is possible to ground the intuition that the same individual exists in more than one possible world -- is solved by arguing that individuals have essences. First of all, it is claimed that the concept of trans...
| Publicado en: | Problems / Problemos Vol. 99; pp. 87 - 101 |
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Vilnius University
2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=150682993&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 150682993 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13921126 3D4C jtl: Problems / Problemos issn: 13921126 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2021 vid: 99 pid: 16037 pub: Vilnius University artinfo: ui: 150682993 10.15388/Problemos.99.7 ppf: 87 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.7MB tig: atl: The Problem of Transworld Identity: in Defence of Essentialism. aug: au: Gricius, Pranciškus affil: Institute of Philosophy, Vilnius University su: Problem solving Reductionism Intuition Paradox sug: subj: Problem solving Reductionism Intuition Paradox keyword: Chisholm's paradox criterion of identification essentialism qualitative distinction transworld identity Chisholmo paradoksas esencializmas identifikacijos kriterijus kokybiškumo perskyra tarppasaulinė tapatybė ab: In this article, the problem of transworld identity -- that is the question, if and how it is possible to ground the intuition that the same individual exists in more than one possible world -- is solved by arguing that individuals have essences. First of all, it is claimed that the concept of transworld identity is desirable since it betters both global pan-essentialism and counterpart theory. Then, necessary terminology for successful understanding of the transworld identity problem is introduced. Afterwards, it is contended that the well-known Chisholm's paradox for transworld identity can be resolved by appealing to individual essences. It is argued that if extreme haecceitism is true, then essences of individuals are non-qualitative and hence haecceitist switches are ontologically grounded. On the other hand, if reductionism is true, then essences of individuals are qualitative and hence haecceitist switches are impossible. Finally, it is shown that by referring to individual essences across possible worlds it is possible to solve the problem of cross-world identification. Straipsnyje tarppasaulinės tapatybės problema -- t. y. klausimas, ar ir kaip yra įmanoma pagrįsti intuiciją, jog individas egzistuoja keliuose galimuose pasauliuose -- yra sprendžiama argumentuojant, kad individai turi esmes. Visų pirma, teigiama, jog tarppasaulinės tapatybės samprata yra pageidautina, kadangi ji pranašesnė už globalų panesencializmą ir antrininkų teoriją. Tuomet įvedama būtina terminologija, kuri leidžia sėkmingai suprasti tarppasaulinės tapatybės problemą. Straipsnyje teigiama, kad įžymus Chisholmo paradoksas tarppasaulinei tapatybei gali būti išspręstas nurodant, jog individai turi esmes. Jeigu galimi pasauliai gali skirtis vieni nuo kitų vien nekokybiniu būdu (in a non-qualitative way), tuomet individų esmės yra nekokybinės, tad skirtumas tarp netapačių galimų pasaulių, kurie kokybiškai yra vienodi (qualitatively the same), yra ontologiškai pagrįstas. Kita vertus, jei redukcionizmas yra tiesa, tai individų esmės yra kokybinės, tad netapatūs galimi pasauliai, kurie kokybiškai yra vienodi, yra neįmanomi. Taip pat įrodinėjama, kad tarppasaulinė identifikacijos problema gali būti išspręsta nurodant į tai, jog galima referuoti į esmes kituose galimuose pasauliuose. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Problems / Problemos is the property of Vilnius University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Problems / Problemos holder: Vilnius University dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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