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On Armstrong’s Radical Absolutism

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Abstract Within the metaphysics of quantity, the debate rages between Absolutism and Comparativism. In retrospect, Armstrong appears to be an absolutist, for he claims that magnitudes like being 1 kg in mass are intrinsic properties of particulars, in virtue of which relations like being twice as massive as hold. More importantly, his theory is an instance of what I call ‘Radical Absolutism’ (and the only on the market), for he does not merely argue that relations are grounded in magnitudes, but also (and quite admirably) tries to explain how they “flow from” (his words) the intrinsic features of magnitudes. The goal of the paper is not to support his theory, but to better understand why it fails, and why this must be of concern to contemporary absolutists.

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halshs-03627522, version 1 (08-03-2023)

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Julien Tricard. On Armstrong’s Radical Absolutism. Metaphysica, 2022, 23 (1), pp.95-115. ⟨10.1515/mp-2021-0039⟩. ⟨halshs-03627522⟩
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