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dc.contributor.authorVallentyne, Petereng
dc.date.issued1998eng
dc.descriptionhttp://klinechair.missouri.edu/Vita_Revised.htm (#51)eng
dc.description.abstractNatural properties are those that carve reality at the joints. The notion of carving reality at the joints, however, is somewhat obscure. It is sometimes understood in terms of making for similarity, sometimes in terms of conferring causal powers, and sometimes in terms of figuring in the laws of nature. I develop and assess an account of the third sort according to which carving reality at the joints is understood as having the right level of determinacy relative to nomic roles. The account has the attraction of involving only very weak metaphysical presuppositions, but it fails to capture several features that natural properties are presumed to have.eng
dc.identifier.citationSynthese 115 (1998): 171-198.eng
dc.identifier.issn0039-7857eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/10460eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherSpringer Verlageng
dc.relation.ispartofPhilosophy publicationseng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Philosophyeng
dc.subject.lcshRealityeng
dc.titleThe Nomic Role Account of Carving Reality at the Jointseng
dc.typeArticleeng


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