Indiscernibility and bundles in a structure
Philosophical Studies, cilt.151, sa.1, ss.1-18, 2010 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 151 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11098-009-9420-8
- Dergi Adı: Philosophical Studies
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-18
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Bundle theory, Compresence, Diversity, Identity of indiscernibles, Individuation, Structuralism, Universals
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The bundle theory is a theory about the internal constitution of individuals. It asserts that individuals are entirely composed of universals. Typically, bundle theorists augment their theory with a constitutional approach to individuation entailing the thesis 'identity of constituents is a sufficient ground for numerical identity' (CIT). But then the bundle theory runs afoul of Black's duplication case-a world containing two indiscernible spheres. Here I propose and defend a new version of the bundle theory that denies 'CIT', and which instead conjoins it with a structural diversity thesis, according to which being separated by distance is a sufficient ground for numerical diversity. This version accommodates Black's world as well as the three-spheres world-a world containing three indiscernible spheres, arranged as the vertices of an equilateral triangle. In this paper, I also criticize Rodriguez-Pereyra's alternative attempt to defend the bundle theory against Black's case and the case of the three-spheres world. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.