Ontology and Arbitrariness
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چکیده
In many different ontological debates, anti-arbitrariness considerations push one towards two opposing extremes. For example, in debates about mereology, may be pushed a maximal ontolog...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australasian Journal of Philosophy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1471-6828', '1470-6828', '0004-8402']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2021.1931377