The Bounds of Possibility focuses on the question of how much variation in the properties of an individual object there can be, and if it remains the same object. It investigates competing strategies and engages with foundational questions about the metaphysics of modality.
The Bounds of Possibility focuses on the question of how much variation in the properties of an individual object there can be, and if it remains the same object. It investigates competing strategies and engages with foundational questions about the metaphysics of modality.
Cian Dorr studied at University College, Cork and Princeton University. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at New York University, and has previously held positions at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Oxford. John Hawthorne is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California and at the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University. He was previously Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Juhani Yli-Vakkuri is Senior Research Fellow at the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic Unieversity. He was previously Professor of Philosophy of Language at the University of Tartu.
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Introduction 1: Logical Tools 2: Tolerance Puzzles 3: Motivating Non-Contingency 4: Coincidence Puzzles 5: Accepting Hypertolerance 6: Hypertolerance and Supervenience 7: Rejecting Iteration 8: Iteration for Metaphysical Necessity 9: Tolerance and Chance 10: Tolerance and Counterpart Theory 11: Resolving the puzzles 12: Refinements and Choice Points 13: Alternatives and Challenges 14: Indiscernible Tolerance Arguments 15: Non-Qualitativeness and Aboutness
