How to be a postmodal directionalist.
According to directionalism, non-symmetric relations are distinct from their converses. Kit Fine (2000a) argues that the directionalist faces a dilemma; they must either (i) reject the principle Uniqueness, which states that no completion (fact, state of affairs, or proposition) is a completion of m...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Studies Vol. 183; no. 9; pp. 2773 - 2804 |
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Sep2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=196666771&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 196666771 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00318116 4L8 jtl: Philosophical Studies issn: 00318116 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2026 vid: 183 iid: 9 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 196666771 10.1007/s11098-024-02237-0 ppf: 2773 ppct: 31 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.4MB tig: atl: How to be a postmodal directionalist. aug: au: Dixon, Scott affil: https://ror.org/005w9jb47 Department of Philosophy, Lawrence University, 711 E. Boldt Way, 54911, Appleton, WI, USA sug: keyword: Completions Converses Directionalism Hyperintensionality Relations ab: According to directionalism, non-symmetric relations are distinct from their converses. Kit Fine (2000a) argues that the directionalist faces a dilemma; they must either (i) reject the principle Uniqueness, which states that no completion (fact, state of affairs, or proposition) is a completion of more than one relation, or (ii) reject the principle Identity, which states that each completion of a relation is identical to a completion of its converse (e.g., Dante's loving Bice is identical to Bice's being loved by Dante). Fine's argument has been regarded as a decisive blow to directionalism. But new strategies for replying to it can be developed with the tools of the postmodal metaphysician, who is comfortable individuating relations and their completions hyperintensionally, allowing for necessary connections between distinct entities, and making use of hyperintensional notions like essence and grounding. In what follows, I develop postmodal strategies for denying both horns of Fine's dilemma, concluding that the postmodal directionalist need not be concerned with Fine's argument. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Philosophical Studies is a copyright of Springer, 2026. All Rights Reserved. item: Philosophical Studies holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2026 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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