Ontology and Arbitrariness.

In many different ontological debates, anti-arbitrariness considerations push one towards two opposing extremes. For example, in debates about mereology, one may be pushed towards a maximal ontology (mereological universalism) or a minimal ontology (mereological nihilism), because any intermediate v...

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Published in:	Australasian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 100; no. 3; pp. 485 - 496
Main Author:	Builes, David
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2022
Subjects:	Ontology Debate Whole & parts (Philosophy) Universalism (Philosophy) Philosophy of mathematics
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