Trope theory and atomic objects
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https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2008.014Keywords
tropes, properties, resemblanceAbstract
This note presents an argument to show that trope theory, as usually conceived, gets into difficulties in handling certain ways in which two objects can resemble one another. Ways out of the difficulties are discussed briefly.References
Bacon, J., “A single primitive trope relation”, Journal of Philosophical Logic 18 (1989), 141–154.
Campbell, K., Abstract Particulars, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1990.
Mellor, D.H., and A.Oliver, (eds.), Properties, Oxford UP, Oxford, 1997.
Williams, D.C., “On the elements of being: I”, in [3], pp. 112–124.
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2008-09-30
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STJERNBERG, Fredrik. Trope theory and atomic objects. Logic and Logical Philosophy. Online. 30 September 2008. Vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 275-281. [Accessed 17 July 2024]. DOI 10.12775/LLP.2008.014.
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