An Object in Another
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https://doi.org/10.29393/CF42-6OOAB10006Keywords:
Holes, Stains, Pain, Ontology, Objects, Location, TransmissionAbstract
I offer a novel diagnosis of the equivocation arguments against the hypotheses that spots, holes, or pains are objects. In my diagnosis, the reason why the relevant arguments are invalid is because spatial relations do not transmit all spatial properties. This means we can explain why these arguments are not valid without having to conclude that holes, stains and pains are not objects, but properties.
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