NDLI: The Underdetermination of Typings

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Westerhoff, Jan
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	This paper argues that there is no possible structural way of drawinga distinction between objects of different types, such as individualsand properties of different adicities and orders. We show first thatpurely combinatorial information (information about how objects combine to form states of affairs) is not sufficient for doingthis. We show that for any set of such combinatorial data there isalways more than one way of typing them – that is, there are alwaysseveral ways of classifying the different constituents of states ofaffairs as individuals and properties. Therefore, contrary to receivedontological opinion, no object is essentially of any specific type. Inthe second part we argue that taking into account logicalinformation does not help either, since logic presupposes the verydistinction we are trying to draw. Furthermore, this distinction isnot even essential for logic, since logic can function perfectly wellwithout it. We conclude that certain distinctions which have beentraditionally regarded as ontologically basic (such as that betweenindividuals and properties) cannot be as fundamental as is oftensupposed.
Starting Page	379
Ending Page	414
Page Count	36
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01650106
Journal	Erkenntnis
Volume Number	58
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728420
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2003-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Philosophy Epistemology Ethics Logic Ontology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Logic

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