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“The problem of how to characterise the properties that would trivialise the principle is one of the hardest problems concerning the principle of identity of indiscernibles and one the problems to which least attention has been paid of.”

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Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra, born on August 7, 1969, is an individual whose identity and profession remain unclear. more

“In my view the bundle theorist should say that when a bundle is located somewhere, there is an 'instance' of the bundle there. The instance is entirely constituted by the universals of the bundle. But the bundle and the instance are two distinct entities. Bundles of universals can be multiply located, but their instances cannot, and particulars are instances of a bundle of universals.”

Should Two Views Instance Entity Bundles Theorists

Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

“For bundles of universals can be in more than one place at the same time; so a bundle can have more than one instance; so there can be numerically distinct particulars sharing the same universals; so the principle of identity of indiscernibles is false.”

Principles Identity Instance Bundles

Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

“The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.”

Effects Conversation Impression Remembered

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“By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I have thereby defended the bundle theory from a traditional objection to it.”

Way Doe Principles Identity Theory Committed Arguing Traditional Objections Bundles

Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

“I do not believe in the bundle theory anyway. The bundle theory postulates universals and I do not believe in them; so I do not believe in the bundle theory.”

Believe Theory Bundles

Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

“There are different interpretations of the problem of universals. I understand it as the problem of giving the truthmakers of propositions to the effect that a certain particular is such and such, e.g. propositions like 'this rose is red'. Others have interpreted it as a problem about the ontological commitments of such propositions or a problem about what those propositions mean.”

Giving Mean Different Problem Certain Effects Particular Commitment Red Rose Interpretation Propositions Different Interpretations Roses Are Red

Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

“A truthmaker is an entity in virtue of which the proposition it makes true is true. And it is a necessary condition of being a truthmaker (though not a sufficient one) that a truthmaker necessitates the proposition it makes true.”

Virtue Conditions Sufficient Entity Propositions

Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra