Imprecise lexical superiority and the (slightly less) Repugnant Conclusion
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DOI: 10.1007/s11098-018-1117-4
Abstract: Recently, Derek Parfit has offered a novel solution to the “Repugnant Conclusion” that compared with the existence of many people whose quality of life would be very high, there is some much larger number of… read more here.
Keywords: repugnant conclusion; lexical superiority; parfit; superiority slightly ... See more keywords
In Defense of Parfit’s Ontology
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DOI: 10.1007/s12136-025-00629-3
Abstract: Parfit (2011, 2017) denies that committing to the existence of reasons is ontologically costly. To motivate his denial, Mintz-Woo (2018) thinks Parfit forwards two arguments: the plural senses argument from elimination and the argument from… read more here.
Keywords: parfit ontology; ontology; defense parfit; parfit ... See more keywords