| BĚLOHRAD, Radim. Constitution, Vague Objects and Persistence. Prolegomena. Zagreb: Society for the Advancement of Philosophy, 2019, vol. 18, No 1, p. 5-26. ISSN 1333-4395. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26362/20190101. |
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@article{1566799,
author = {Bělohrad, Radim},
article_location = {Zagreb},
article_number = {1},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.26362/20190101},
keywords = {constitution; vague objects; persistence; vague identity},
language = {eng},
issn = {1333-4395},
journal = {Prolegomena},
title = {Constitution, Vague Objects and Persistence},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.26362/20190101},
volume = {18},
year = {2019}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1566799
AU - Bělohrad, Radim
PY - 2019
TI - Constitution, Vague Objects and Persistence
JF - Prolegomena
VL - 18
IS - 1
SP - 5-26
EP - 5-26
PB - Society for the Advancement of Philosophy
SN - 13334395
KW - constitution
KW - vague objects
KW - persistence
KW - vague identity
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.26362/20190101
L2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.26362/20190101
N2 - In this paper, I assess the analysis of vagueness of objects in terms of the theory of constitution with respect to the notion of vague identity. Some proponents of the constitution theory see it as an advantage of their account that analysing the spatial and temporal vagueness of objects in terms of the relation of vague constitution avoids commitment to vague identity, which is seen as a controversial notion. I argue that even though the constitution theory may plausibly be applied to the phenomenon of vague boundaries, it fails to account fully for other cases of spatial and temporal vagueness. There are what I call ‘mid-extension’ vagueness cases, in which the tools of the constitution theory applied in the analysis of boundary vagueness are insufficient to avoid commitment to vague identity.
ER -
BĚLOHRAD, Radim. Constitution, Vague Objects and Persistence. \textit{Prolegomena}. Zagreb: Society for the Advancement of Philosophy, 2019, vol.~18, No~1, p.~5-26. ISSN~1333-4395. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26362/20190101.
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