A Note on a Remark of Evans
A Note on a Remark of Evans
Author(s): Wolfgang BarzSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Evans
Summary/Abstract: In his seminal paper, ‘Can There Be Vague Objects?’ (1978), Gareth Evans advanced an argument purporting to prove that the idea of indeterminate identity is incoherent. Aware that his argument was incomplete as it stands, Evans added a remark at the end of his paper, in which he explained how the original argument needed to be modified to arrive at an explicit contradiction. This paper aims to develop a modified version of Evans’ original argument, which I argue is more promising than the modification that Evans proposed in his remark. Last, a structurally similar argument against the idea of indeterminate existence is presented.
Journal: Polish Journal of Philosophy
- Issue Year: X/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 7-15
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
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