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Reducing Constitution to Composition

Published:2021-11-22 Issue:0 Volume:0 Page:
ISSN:1437-2053
Container-title:Metaphysica
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Author:

Sutton Catherine¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Philosophy , Virginia Commonwealth University , 915 W Franklin St , Richmond 23284-2025 , VA , USA

Abstract

Abstract I propose that constitution is a case of composition in which, for example, the lump of clay composes the statue. In other words, we can reduce constitution to composition. Composition does all of the work that we want from an account of constitution, and we do not need two separate relations. Along the way, I offer reasons to reject weak supplementation.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Philosophy

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mp-2021-0030/pdf

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