Presentation3

Speaker: Hiroshi Ohata
Date and Time: 2019/07/11
Venue: Universtiy of Wollongong (Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference)
Title: Bundle Theorist Should Believe in Thisness
 

Bundle Theory holds that material objects are constituted of properties only. However, if material object is a bundle of properties, then numerically two material objects with exactly the same properties would be indiscernibles. In response to this problem, there are several versions within bundle theory. The most popular one is probably Trope Bundle Theory. Other than that, there are Instance-View which holds that material objects are constituted of instances of universals, and Identity-View which holds that material objects can wholly present at some distance from themselves. I show that each of these responses has its own difficulties, and insist that bundle theorists should believe thinness. Thisness Bundle Theory has been criticized for thisness having the specific material object as its constituent. But this criticism is wrong. Thisness is exist ontologically prior to the specific material object.