Date of Award
12-2003
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Dr. Quentin Smith
Second Advisor
John Dilworth
Third Advisor
Bill Vallicella
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Campus Only
Abstract
Relations pervade the theories of analytic metaphysics: philosophy of mind, philosophy of region, philosophy of causation, philosophy of math, philosophy of space and time, philosophy of physics, and theories of objects (bundle and substance theories). Many of the sorts of relations that (are alleged to) exist, according to these theories, are relations between or among non-collocated spatial entities (entities that do not occupy the same spatial region or regions), and between or among non-identical basic units of space. I argue that relations between or among any non-collocated spatial entities, and between or among non-identical basic units of space, do not exist: if any entities in space are not at the same spatial location, they do not have any sort of interconnection or interrelation.
Recommended Citation
Grupp, Jeffrey, "Some Questions About the Interconnectedness and Interrelatedness of Entities" (2003). Masters Theses. 3447.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3447