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Ideas of Sally Haslanger, by Text
[American, fl. 2003, Professor at Masschusettts Institute of Technology.]
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1989
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Persistence, Change and Explanation
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p.160
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13925
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Ontology disputes rest on more basic explanation disputes
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p.160
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13924
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The persistence of objects seems to be needed if the past is to explain the present
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1 n2
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p.180
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13931
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By using aporiai as his start, Aristotle can defer to the wise, as well as to the many
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5
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p.170
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13926
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Best explanations, especially natural ones, need grounding, notably by persistent objects
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p.172
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13927
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We must explain change amongst 'momentary entities', or else the world is inexplicable
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7
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p.173
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13928
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If the things which exist prior to now are totally distinct, they need not have existed
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7
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p.177
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13929
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Natural explanations give the causal interconnections
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p.178
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Persistence makes change and its products intelligible
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