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dc.contributor.advisor | Griffin, Nicholas J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Koç, Gϋlberk | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-13T18:01:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-13T18:01:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008-12 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/16755 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis is an examination of Bertrand Russell's realist "bundle theory of particulars". In Russell's earlier work, the need to explain the unity and individuality of objects compelled him to accept particulars as well as universals as ultimate kinds of reality. Nevertheless, in carrying out his efforts to economize his ontology, he discovered he could not reduce properties to particulars, because there are some relations that resist nominalistic explanation, but particulars could be reduced to bundles of qualities. In this thesis, I show that the realist 'bundle theory' not only reduces the kinds of ultimate reality to one, i.e., to universal qualities, but also serves all of the purposes for which bare particulars were originally required. Specifically. I examine what I take to be the major criticisms leveled against the realist 'bundle theory': the problem of individuation, the problem of necessity, and the problem of analyticity. I defend the strength and consistency of Russell's theory and argue that it can answer to the objections. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Bertrand Russell | en_US |
dc.subject | bundle theory of particulars | en_US |
dc.subject | ultimate reality | en_US |
dc.subject | individuation | en_US |
dc.subject | necessity | en_US |
dc.subject | analyticity | en_US |
dc.title | Bertrand Russell's Bundle Theory of Particulars | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
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