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      Baker’s theory of material constitution and thinking things into existence

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      Author
      Kiymaz, Tufan
      Date
      2018
      Source Title
      Filozofia Nauki
      Print ISSN
      1230-6894
      Publisher
      University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy
      Volume
      26
      Issue
      4
      Pages
      49 - 56
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      The paper provides a critical evaluation of Lynne Rudder Baker’s nonmereological theory of material constitution in light of the “thinking into existence” objection, formulated by Theodore Sider and Dean W. Zimmerman. Although Baker responds to it, she focuses on its specific versions presented by Sider and Zimmerman and does not address the source of the problem. Baker maintains that beliefs, social practices, and conventions can bring a new intention-dependent object into existence. However, as I argue, the thinking into existence objection shows that constituted objects, if there are any, are ontologically independent of beliefs, social practices, and conventions. In fact, Baker’s theory doesn’t give us any reason for believing that intentiondependent objects are any more real than fictional objects.
      Keywords
      Fictional objects
      Material constitution
      Ontology
      Thinking into existence
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/50400
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      https://doi.org/10.14394/filnau.2018.0023
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