Tensing the Copula

Author: Lewis D.

Source: Mind, Volume 111, Number 441, 1 January 2002 , pp. 1-14(14)

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Abstract:

A solution to the problem of intrinsic change for enduring things should meet three conditions. It should not replace monadic intrinsic properties by relations. It should not replace the having simpliciter of properties by standing in some relation to them (unless having them simpliciter always means standing in some relation to them, which is refuted by Bradley's regress). It should not rely on an unexplained notion of having an intrinsic property at a time. Johnston's solution satisfies the first condition at the expense of the second. Haslanger's solution satisfies the first and second at the expense of the third.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mind/111.441.1

Publication date: 2002-01-01

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