Constitution, Vague Objects and Persistence

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F19%3A00107704" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/19:00107704 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26362/20190101" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.26362/20190101</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26362/20190101" target="_blank" >10.26362/20190101</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Constitution, Vague Objects and Persistence
Original language description
In this paper, I assess the analysis of vagueness of objects in terms of the theory of constitution with respect to the notion of vague identity. Some proponents of the constitution theory see it as an advantage of their account that analysing the spatial and temporal vagueness of objects in terms of the relation of vague constitution avoids commitment to vague identity, which is seen as a controversial notion. I argue that even though the constitution theory may plausibly be applied to the phenomenon of vague boundaries, it fails to account fully for other cases of spatial and temporal vagueness. There are what I call ‘mid-extension’ vagueness cases, in which the tools of the constitution theory applied in the analysis of boundary vagueness are insufficient to avoid commitment to vague identity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-12551S" target="_blank" >GA17-12551S: Indeterminate Identity</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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