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240It was argued by Célia Teixeira (2003) that the actualized descriptivist theory of names have the problem of generating undesired epistemic necessities. In this paper I want to argue for a descriptivis theory that does not suffer from such problem. For this I will explain Teixeira's objections and later present my own conception of an actualized descriptivist theory of names; it is, protected against the problem of undesired necessities.
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190A dialogue about possibilities: a philosophical discussion on determinism and possibilities / Diálogo sobre a Possibilidade: uma discussão filosófica sobre o determinismo e as possibilidadesRevista da Faculdade de Letras. Série Filosofia 26 163-172. 2010.O objetivo deste artigo é ser uma introdução aos diversos tipos de possibilidades e mostrar o caminho que a discussão sobre a existência de possibilidades não-atuais deve seguir a partir da aceitação do determinismo. E essa discussão é relevante porque sua resposta tem bastante infl uência em nossos pensamentos e lógicas sobre as modalidades da necessidade e da possibilidade. Cumprimos tal objetivo através de um diálogo a respeito das possibilidades. Este formato de texto tem a vantagem de ser m…Read more
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202Some thoughts on memory from Wittgenstein / Considerações acerca da memória a partir de WittgensteinPrometeus: Filosofia em Revista 3 69-78. 2010.This article intends to present the thought of Wittgenstein – mainly from his notes at Philosophical Investigations (PI), Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology (RPP), and Last Writings on the Philosophy of Psychology (LW) – and of his commentators about important thesis on memory. This one is a major epistemic problem, since our knowledge of the past facts comes from it. Provided that it sometimes fails, is important to know of what we are talking about when we use the term “memory” and to kno…Read more
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961The Dilemma of the Continuity of Matter / O Dilema da Continuidade da MatériaRevista Do Seminário Dos Alunos Do PPGLM/UFRJ 2. 2011.In this paper I intend to present the Dilemma of Continuity of Matter and a possible solution to it. This dilemma consists in choosing between two misfortunes in explaining the continuity of matter: or to say that material objects are infinitely divisible and not explain what constitutes the continuity of some kind of object, or to say that there is a certain kind of indivisible object and not explain what constitutes the continuity of such an object. The solution we provide is precisely the the…Read more
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197Against Salmon: Saving Conceptual Theories / Contra Salmon: Salvando as Teorias ConceituaisItaca 18 133-148. 2011.In this paper I intend to expose some of Nathan Salmon's arguments, which aim to show that the conceptual theories of the informational value of singular terms cannot be the case, and to present some objections to these arguments, objections which seek to restore the capacity of the conceptual theories to secure the referent, and to have a concept as the informational value of a singular term. I fulfill such goal by making an initial introduction, where I briefly explain Frege's Puzzle, and then…Read more
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183The laws of nature and Tooley's cases / As leis da natureza e os casos de TooleyManuscrito: Revista Internacional de Filosofía 36 67-101. 2013.The purposes of this paper are: (1) to present four theories of the nature of natural laws, (2) to show that only one of them is capable of adequately answering to Tooley’s Cases, and (3) indicate why these cases are relevant for our ontology. These purposes are important since the concept of “natural law” is used in many (if not all) realms of natural science and in many branches of philosophy; if Tooley’s cases are poss…Read more
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355Lewis Carroll Inferential Paradox / O Paradoxo Inferencial de Lewis CarrollFundamento: Revista de Filosofia 12 127-138. 2016.My main aim at this paper is to present Lewis Carrol’s Paradox on the justification of logical principles inasmuch as some attempts of solving it. This is important because if there are basic logical principles, it also seems necessary to exist some justification for them. By considering some observations from Ryle, Devitt and Kripke about the theme, we intend to briefly display their theories and their core critics among themselves and, mainly, the critics against adoption theory.
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692Are the laws of nature metaphysically necessary? / São as leis da natureza metafisicamente necessárias?Dissertation, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. 2016.The main intent of this thesis is to defend that the laws of nature are better thought as transcendent universals, such as platonic governism suggests, and that they are metaphysically necessary in a strong way, such as the heterodox version of such platonism defends. With this intention, we sustain that physical symmetries are essential consequences of the laws of nature – what solves the challenge of symmetries – thus being metaphysically necessary, without being governist's necessitation laws…Read more
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725Laws of Nature: a philosophical approach / Leis da Natureza: uma abordagem filosóficaEditora da Universidade Federal do Amapá. 2019.This book deals with an internal theme of metaphysics, which is the metaphysics of the laws of nature. The author presents traditional contemporary theories, as well as his own original theory, and evaluates each one at a time. He also addresses the problem of the modality of the laws of nature and makes some criticism of the standard view of necessity as truth in all possible worlds, and shows an application of his discussion to the metaphysics of physics. / Este livro trata de um tema interno …Read more
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348Why is there something rather than nothing? / Por que há algo, e não nada?Investigação Filosófica 3 (art 2): 1-17. 2012.My aim here is to answer the question about why is there something rather than nothing by arguing for the existence of some necessary beings (that, as such, couldn’t not exist) – the space, the time, and the natural basic laws – and by showing that the existence of nothingness is logically impossible. I also try to account for the fact that contingent beings arise from necessary beings by distinguishing between necessary existence and necessary arising, as to answer the question about why is the…Read more
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628McTaggart and the problem of the reality of time / McTaggart e o problema da realidade do tempoArgumentos 5 99-110. 2011.It is common, even among the laity, the doubt about the reality of time. We think it is possible that time is an illusion and that the perception of his passage is just awareness of something other than time. There are a number of arguments made by philosophers, both to defend and to attack the intuition that time is real. One of them, and perhaps the best known, is the argument of McTaggart, which tries to establish some condition for the existence of time and that time, thought through that co…Read more
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308Necessity is not truth in all possible worlds / A necessidade não é a verdade em todos os mundos possíveisFundamento: Revista de Pesquisa Em Filosofia 6 79-87. 2013.My main purpose in this article is to present an argument for the idea that necessity qua truth in all possible worlds, without other qualifications, leads us to contradiction. If we do not want to accept the contradiction, we will face a dilemma: or accepting that everything we take as contingent is in fact necessary, or accepting that we cannot translate some sentences – at least the indexed to worlds sentences – to the possible worlds vocabulary. We have an intuition – and we develop an argum…Read more
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1605What is a laws of nature? / O que é uma lei da natureza?Dissertation, . 2011.The goal of this thesis to defend the philosophical view of the new ante rem substantivism against its supposed alternatives. To achieve such goal, we will present four views about the nature of laws, two kinds of realism and two kinds of anti-realism, and evaluate them critically. The disadvantages from those theories are going to be presented for us to show that they are insufficient to provide a metaphysics that is able to explain the world's counterfactuality, universality, and regularity, a…Read more
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3140Review from "Sense and Reference" / Resenha de "Sobre o sentido e a referência" (review)Intuitio 6 (2): 253-262. 2013.Resenha de "Sobre o sentido e a referência" / Review of "On sense and reference"
Rodrigo Cid
Universidade Federal Do Amapá
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Universidade Federal Do AmapáProfessor
Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Lógica E Metafísica From Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro
Alumnus, 2016
Macapá, AP, Brazil
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Physical Science |
General Philosophy of Science |