Cardinal Composition.

The thesis of Weak Unrestricted Composition says that every pair of objects has a fusion. This thesis has been argued by Contessa (Analysis 72(3):455–457, 2012) and Smith (Erkenntnis 84(1):41–55, 2019) to be compatible with the world being junky and hence to evade an argument against the necessity o...

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Publicado en:Erkenntnis Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 1457 - 1480
Autores principales: Vogt, Lisa, Werner, Jonas
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Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2024
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          https://ror.org/046ak2485 Institut für Philosophie, Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 30, 14195, Berlin, Germany
          https://ror.org/00kgrkn83 Theologische Fakultät, Universität Luzern, Frohburgstrasse 3, 6002, Luzern, Switzerland
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