Abstract
If the property being a methane molecule is a universal, then it is a structural universal: objects instantiate being a methane molecule just in case they have the right sorts of proper parts arranged in the right sort of way. Lewis argued that there can be no satisfactory account of structural universals; in this paper I provide a satisfactory account.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 117-133 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Australasian Journal of Philosophy |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 8 Dec 2008 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- Structural universals
- modality
- universals
- David Lewis