Meta Ontology

jest opublikowany w roku

• 2008

ma metadane w formacie Bibtex

• @article{Reydon2008-REYSIT,pages = {161--184},title = {Species in Three and Four Dimensions},author = {Thomas A. C. Reydon},volume = {164},abstract = {There is an interesting parallel between two debates in different domains of contemporary analytic philosophy. One is the endurantism--$<$span class='Hi'$>$perdurantism$<$/span$>$, or three-dimensionalism vs. four-dimensionalism, debate in analytic metaphysics. The other is the debate on the species problem in philosophy of biology. In this paper I attempt to cross-fertilize these debates with the aim of exploiting some of the potential that the two debates have to advance each other. I address two issues. First, I explore what the case of species implies regarding the feasibility of particular positions in the endurantism-- $<$span class='Hi'$>$perdurantism$<$/span$>$ debate. I argue that the case of species casts doubt on the recent claim that three-dimensionalism and four-dimensionalism are equivalent descriptions of the same underlying reality. Second, and conversely, I examine whether the metaphysical worry about three-dimensionalism and four-dimensionalism can help us to better understand the nature of biological species. I show that analyzing the thesis that species are individuals against the background of the endurantism--$<$span class='Hi'$>$perdurantism$<$/span$>$ debate allows us to explicate two different ways in which this thesis can be interpreted.},journal = {Synthese},year = {2008},number = {2}}@

ma tytuł

• Species in Three and Four Dimensions

ostatnia strona

• 184

pierwsza strona

• 161