*The Right Stuff* Ned Markosian https://markosiandotnet.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/right-stuff.pdf from https://markosian.net/online-papers/
*Things are also known as “objects” and “entities,” and stuff is also known as* *“matter” and “material.”* *This paper argues for including stuff in one’s ontology. The distinction* *between things and stuff is first clarified, and then three different ontologies* *of the physical universe are spelled out: a pure thing ontology, a pure stuff* *ontology, and a mixed ontology of both things and stuff. (The paper defends* *the latter.) Eleven different reasons for including stuff (in addition to things)* *in one’s ontology are given (seven of which the author endorses and four of* *which would be sensible reasons for philosophers with certain metaphysical* *positions that the author does not happen to hold). Then five objections to* *positing stuff are considered and rejected.* @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2fb34a28-8312-4d8f-920c-67afedeb9929%40googlegroups.com.
