2018
DOI: 10.4013/fsu.2018.191.02
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Arguing about the world’s cardinality: Priority, existence, and metaphysical necessity

Abstract: Metaphysicians still discuss about the number of things. According to monists, there is one thing, either fundamental (Priority Monism) or exclusionary (Existence Monism). According to pluralists, there are many things, either fundamental (Priority Pluralism) or exclusionary (Existence Pluralism). The claims of cardinality of these views are, presumably, metaphysical claims, which means, presumably, that they are necessarily true, if true at all. In this paper, I unravel a common pattern of some of the main ar… Show more

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