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542Naturalness and Convex Class NominalismDialectica 73 (1-2): 65-81. 2019.In this paper I argue that the analysis of natural properties as convex subsets of a metric space in which the distances are degrees of dissimilarity is incompatible with both the definition of degree of dissimilarity as number of natural properties not in common and the definition of degree of dissimilarity as proportion of natural properties not in common, since in combination with either of these definitions it entails that every property is a natural property, which is absurd. I suggest it f…Read more
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757Story SizePhilosophical Papers 44 (2): 121-137. 2015.The shortest stories are zero words long. There is no maximum length.
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667Images, intentionality and inexistencePhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 79 (3): 522-538. 2009.The possibilities of depicting non-existents, depicting non-particulars and depictive misrepresentation are frequently cited as grounds for denying the platitude that depiction is mediated by resemblance. I first argue that these problems are really a manifestation of the more general problem of intentionality. I then show how there is a plausible solution to the general problem of intentionality which is consonant with the platitude.
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307A Syncretistic Theory of Depiction (review)British Journal of Aesthetics 56 (4): 427-429. 2016.Review of A Syncretistic Theory of Depiction by Alberto Voltolini
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843Distance and DissimilarityPhilosophical Papers 48 (2): 211-239. 2018.This paper considers whether an analogy between distance and dissimilarlity supports the thesis that degree of dissimilarity is distance in a metric space. A straightforward way to justify the thesis would be to define degree of dissimilarity as a function of number of properties in common and not in common. But, infamously, this approach has problems with infinity. An alternative approach would be to prove representation and uniqueness theorems, according to which if comparative dissimilarity m…Read more
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