The Determinable-Based Account of Metaphysical Indeterminacy and Vague Identity

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BĚLOHRAD Radim

Rok publikování 2020
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Kriterion - Journal of Philosophy
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Filozofická fakulta

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www http://www.kriterion-journal-of-philosophy.org/kriterion/issues/Permanent/Kriterion-belohrad-01.pdf
Klíčová slova metaphysical indeterminacy; determinable-based account; constitution account; vague identity; macro-object boundary
Popis This paper focuses on Jessica Wilson’s determinable-based account of metaphysical indeterminacy and its relationship to the concept of vague identity. The determinable-based account comprises a distinction between meta-level and object-level accounts of metaphysical indeterminacy. I first argue that the distinction cannot be clearly applied to some theories. In particular, I argue that even though Wilson categorizes the constitution account of metaphysical indeterminacy as a meta-level account, from one perspective it can be defensibly regarded as an object-level account, because it is bound to posit genuinely indeterminate states of affairs and provides an explanation of boundary indeterminacy that is structurally analogous to the explanation provided by Wilson’s object-level account. This interim conclusion is important, because it has been argued that the constitution account, when applied to some more complex types of boundary indeterminacy, cannot avoid commitment to vague identity, in spite of the declarations of some of its proponents. The ultimate goal of this paper is to argue that, contrary to Wilson’s claims, the determinable-based account must embrace vague identity too.
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