A Meandering Inquiry into the Nature of Material Objects
Date of Award
2004
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Edidin, Aron
Keywords
Ontology, Material Objects, Physical Realism
Area of Concentration
Philosophy
Abstract
This thesis is an exploratory narrative regarding our talk of material objects, our perception of material objects, and our bases for supposing material objects to exist. I develop and flesh out my own views in response to (1) certain parables I came up with myself and (2) a handful of relevant texts by professional philosophers. The view I develop distinguishes between real existence and conventional existence. Ordiary physical objects, I maintian, exhibit merely conventional existence while real existence belongs only to the basic physical particles that make them up.
Recommended Citation
Jewell, Titus, "A Meandering Inquiry into the Nature of Material Objects" (2004). Theses & ETDs. 3402.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/3402
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