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Jago, Mark (2018) Essential bundle theory and modality. Synthese . ISSN 1573-0964

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Abstract

Bundle theories identify material objects with bundles of properties. On the traditional approach, these are the properties possessed by that material object. That view faces a deep problem: it seems to say that all of an object’s properties are essential to it. Essential bundle theory attempts to overcome this objection, by taking the bundle as a specification of the object’s essential properties only. In this paper, I show that essential bundle theory faces a variant of the objection. To avoid the problem, the theory must accept the contingency of identity. I show how this can be achieved in a coherent and well-motivated way, a way that isn’t available to traditional bundle theories.

Item Type:	Article
RIS ID:	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/935341
Keywords:	Essence; Modality; Bundle theory; Essential bundle theory; Material objects; Contingent identity; Counterpart theory; Metaphysics
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Arts > School of Humanities > Department of Philosophy
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1819-3
Depositing User:	Eprints, Support
Date Deposited:	31 May 2018 09:22
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 19:38
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/52128

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