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Fine's Monster Objection Defanged.

The Monster Objection has often been considered one of the main reasons to explore non-standard mereological views, such as hylomorphism. Still, it has been rarely discussed and then only in a cursory fashion. This paper fills this gap by offering the first thorough assessment of the objection. It a...

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Published in:Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 435 - 452
Main Authors: Costa, Damiano, Cecconi, Alessandro, Calosi, Claudio
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Apr2023
Subjects:
Monsters
Hylomorphism
Metaphysics
Whole & parts (Philosophy)
Presentism (Philosophy)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The Monster Objection has often been considered one of the main reasons to explore non-standard mereological views, such as hylomorphism. Still, it has been rarely discussed and then only in a cursory fashion. This paper fills this gap by offering the first thorough assessment of the objection. It argues that different metaphysical stances, such as presentism and three- and four-dimensionalism, provide different ways of undermining the objection.