Steward, HC (2015) What is a Continuant? Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 89 (1). 109 - 123. ISSN 0309-7013
Abstract
In this paper, I explore the question what a continuant is, in the context of a very interesting suggestion recently made by Rowland Stout, as part of his attempt to develop a coherent ontology of processes. Stout claims that a continuant is best thought of as something that primarily has its properties at times, rather than atemporally – and that on this construal, processes should count as continuants. While accepting that Stout is onto something here, I reject his suggestion that we should accept that processes are both occurrents *and* continuants; nothing, I argue, can truly occur, or happen, which does not have temporal parts. I make an alternative suggestion as to how one might deal with the peculiar status of processes without jettisoning a very natural account of occurrence.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, The Aristotelian Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Steward, H. (2015), I—What is a Continuant?. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 89: 109–123. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8349.2015.00246.x, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8349.2015.00246.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | Continuant; Occurrent; Processes; Events; Endurants; Perdurants; Temporal parts |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2015 13:14 |
Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2017 10:48 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8349.2015.00246.x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1467-8349.2015.00246.x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85634 |