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Mereological Nominalism
Author(s) -
Effingham Nikk
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
philosophy and phenomenological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1933-1592
pISSN - 0031-8205
DOI - 10.1111/phpr.12522
Subject(s) - nominalism , mereology , philosophy , annals , metaphysics , appeal , ontology , epistemology , philosophy of mind , stalemate , classics , political science , law , history , politics
Mereological nominalism is the thesis that properties are identical to fusions of their instances. Long ignored, this paper argues that it's a plausible ontology of properties. Whilst not everyone will accept it, it's going to appeal to many philosophers and (at the least) should no longer be relegated to the annals of the history of metaphysics. 1