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Metaphysical Explanations for Modal Normativists

Metaphysics, 2020
I expand 'modal normativism', a theory of metaphysical modality, to give a normativist account of 'metaphysical explanation'. According to modal normativism, basic modal claims do not have a descriptive function, but instead have the normative function ...
Theodore Locke
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The Essences of Fundamental Properties

Metaphysics, 2019
There is a puzzle concerning the essences of fundamental entities that arises from considerations about essence, on one hand, and fundamentality, on the other.
Jennifer Wang
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Aristotle’s Hylomorphism: The Causal-Explanatory Model

Metaphysics, 2018
There are several innocuous or trivial ways in which to explicate Aristotle’s hylomorphism. For example: objects (or kinds of object) are characterisable in terms of matter and form; or analysable into matter and form; or understood on the basis of ...
Michail Peramatzis
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The Realism of Taxonomic Pluralism

Metaphysics, 2020
In this paper, I present a critique of taxonomic pluralism, namely the view that there are multiple correct ways to classify entities into natural kinds within a given scientific domain. I argue that taxonomic pluralism, as an anti-essentialist position,
Ka Ho Lam
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On What (In General) Grounds What

Metaphysics, 2020
A generic grounding claim is a grounding claim that isn’t about any particular entity or fact. For example, consider the claim: an act is right in virtue of maximizing happiness.
Kevin Richardson
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“Nothing in Nature Is Naturally a Statue”: William of Ockham on Artifacts

Metaphysics, 2018
Among medieval Aristotelians, William of Ockham defends a minimalist account of artifacts, assigning to statues and houses and beds a unity that is merely spatial or locational rather than metaphysical.
Jack Zupko
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Enmattered Virtues

Metaphysics, 2018
I argue that, for Aristotle, virtues of character like bravery and generosity are, like the emotions, properties that require a hylomorphic analysis.
Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi
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Self-Transforming Powers

Metaphysics
I investigate the hitherto unexplored hypothesis that powers may be ontically vague, and offer an account of what powers would be like in such a case.
Elisa Paganini
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The Hard Question for Hylomorphism

Metaphysics, 2018
The view that ordinary objects are composites of form and matter (“hylomorphism”) can be contrasted with the more common view that ordinary objects are composed of only material parts (“matter only”).
Dana Goswick
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Animal Locomotion in Aristotle: Self-Motion and the Tripartite Scheme

Metaphysics
In De Anima III 10, Aristotle proposes a notable tripartite scheme of animal self-locomotion. Though many note that the proximate source of the scheme is in Physics VIII 5 (Ferro 2022; Laks 2020; Polansky 2007; Rapp 2020a; Shields 2016), it is ...
William Nolan
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