Ordering Supervaluationism, Counterpart eory, and Ersatz Fundamentality
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Many philosophical theories make comparisons between objects, events, states of affairs, worlds, or systems, and many such theories deliver plausible verdicts only if some of the elements they compare are ranked as ‘best.’ When the relevant ordering does not have such ‘best’ or ‘tied for best’ elements the theory wrongly falls silent or gives badly counterintuitive results. I call these limit assuming theories. Here are several examples of such theories.
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