> On 9 Aug 2019, at 22:27, Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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.
Honest and clear defence of stuff!. I appreciate his distinction between things and stuff. So with mechanism, we can say: many things no stuff! (Many things like numbers, machines, persons, physical objects, physical experiences, etc.), Feel free to defend any of the eleven reason he gave. Up to now (I read slowly) I am not convinced. I am more sure that 2+2=4 than of the existence of plumb, .. not mentioning the existence of a plumber ! Bruno > > @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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2fb34a28-8312-4d8f-920c-67afedeb9929%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2fb34a28-8312-4d8f-920c-67afedeb9929%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2B99A899-365F-46A2-AE1E-109C3D7BAC98%40ulb.ac.be.
