Counterpart Theory
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- Created on: 16-05-17 16:32
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- Counterpart Theory
- How can one individual exist in multiple worlds??
- Other worlds have our counterparts.
- So, other worlds represent individuals through individuals that are relevantly similar.
- Other worlds have our counterparts.
- Abstractism
- Linguistic version... different english sentences which mention H by name, or a description that picks out Humphrey?
- Taps into idea that de re modality deals w/ the object in question!
- Kripke - why should H care that some other person won in some other world?
- Would care only if it was he himself!
- Kripke - why should H care that some other person won in some other world?
- Against Overlap
- Why not just have the identity relation?
- Problem of accidental intrinsics
- extrinsic and necessary properties unproblematic.
- e.g. size, shape, number of fingers...
- cannot have 5 fingers in one world, and 6 in another!
- Response: a relation borne to the diff worlds?
- Utterly mysterious, and does little to eradicate the fact that have diff number of fingers in each case...
- Don't care about H's relation to things - care about him intrinsically!
- Utterly mysterious, and does little to eradicate the fact that have diff number of fingers in each case...
- Response: a relation borne to the diff worlds?
- cannot have 5 fingers in one world, and 6 in another!
- Problem of accidental intrinsics
- Why not just have the identity relation?
- Haecceitism
- Against
- Only really works w/ overlap-- can simply have identical individual in different worlds.
- Can have difference in representation de re, without differences in quality.
- Some intuitive cases, like epoch example.
- Can use it for possible parts, but not worlds.
- example, i might have been one of two twins... second or first.. regardless of the world.
- Against
- How can one individual exist in multiple worlds??
- Does not work w/ non overlapping case.
- Against
- Only really works w/ overlap-- can simply have identical individual in different worlds.
- i.e. cannot state what the nonqualitative determinants are!
- Cannot say they are relations, as all object related to others in indefinitely many ways.
- Cannot randomly single one out as 'special' w/o stating which and why.
- Cannot say they are relations, as all object related to others in indefinitely many ways.
- Against
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