Connolly, N. (2015) Yes: Bare Particulars! Philosophical Studies, 172 (5). pp. 1355-1370. ISSN 1573-0883
Abstract
What is the Bare Particular Theory? Is it committed, like the Bundle Theory, to a constituent ontology: according to which a substance’s qualities—and according to the Bare Particular Theory, its substratum also—are proper parts of the substance? I argue that Bare Particularists need not, should not, and—if a recent objection to ‘the Bare Particular Theory’ (Andrew Bailey’s ‘New Objection’) succeeds—cannot endorse a constituent ontology. There is nothing, I show, in the motivations for Bare Particularism or the principles that distinguish Bare Particularism from rival views that entails a constituent ontology. I outline a version of Bare Particularism that in rejecting a constituent ontology avoids the New Objection. I argue against Theodore Sider that this really is a distinct theory to the version of Bare Particularism that endorses a constituent ontology, and not a mere terminological variant. I show that this, the best version of the Bare Particular Theory, is also defensible against the old objections.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Philosophical Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Bare Particulars; Substratum; Bundle Theory |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2016 15:53 |
Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2018 12:31 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-014-0353-5 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11098-014-0353-5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94633 |