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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Publicado en:Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 435 - 452
Autores principales: Costa, Damiano, Cecconi, Alessandro, Calosi, Claudio
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Apr2023
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