The Endurance/Perdurance Controversy is No Storm in a Teacup

Summary, in English

Several philosophers have maintained in recent years that the endurance/perdurance debate is merely verbal: these prima facie distinct theories of objects’ persistence are in fact metaphysically equivalent, they claim. The present paper challenges this view. Three proposed translation schemes (those set forth by Miller 2005; McCall and Lowe 2006; Hirsch 2009) are examined; all are shown to be faulty. In the process, constructive reasons for regarding the debate as a substantive one are provided. It is also suggested that the theories may have differing practical implications.

• Författare: Tobias Hansson Wahlberg
• Avdelning/ar: Teoretisk filosofi; Metaphysics and Collectivity
• Publiceringsår: 2014
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 463-482
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Axiomathes
• Volym: 24
• Issue: 4
• Fulltext: - 312 kB; Download statistics
• Länkar: http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/701/art%253A10.1007%252Fs10516-014-9233-z.pdf?auth66=1416836519_74122ccf94e22793905027000d278da6&ext=.pdf; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10516-014-9233-z
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Springer
• Ämne: Philosophy
• Nyckelord: endurance; metaphysical equivalence; perdurance; persistence; verbal dispute; deflationism
• Status: Published
• Projekt: Social Ontology and Theories of Persistence
• Forskningsgrupp: Metaphysics and Collectivity
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1572-8390