Title: The Sorcerer’s Ontologist
By Hezki Symonds (Philosophy, Australian National University)
Date: Thursday, February 1, 2024
Time: 1530-1700
Room: H232
Abstract: Some easy arguments infer the existence of an entity (numbers, properties, etc.) from premises that don’t seem to be about these entities. Many philosophers object that these arguments ‘conjure’ entities into existence. I argue that this objection, the sorcery objection as I call it, is a bad objection.
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