Are properties perfectly natural (or not) relative to worlds, or are they perfectly natural (or not) tout court? That is, could there be a property P that is instantiated at worlds w1 and w2, and is perfectly natural at w1 but not at w2? Here, we offer an original argument for the non-world-relativity of perfect naturalness. Along the way, we reply to a prima facie compelling argument for the contingency of perfect naturalness, based upon the connection between natural properties and laws of nature
The interpretation of Lewis‘s doctrine of natural properties is difficult and controversial, especia...
Ever since David Lewis argued for the indispensibility of natural properties, they have become a sta...
I propose an argument for the thesis that laws of nature are necessary in a metaphysical sense, on t...
The perfectly natural properties and relations are special—they are all and only those that "carve n...
The perfectly natural properties and relations are special—they are all and only those that "carve n...
The intuitive distinction between natural and unnatural properties (e.g., green vs. grue) informs ou...
This paper is about naturalness in Lewis’s sense. It motivates the need for a notion of relative nat...
Since the publication of David Lewis's ''New Work for a Theory of Universals,'' the distinction betw...
The well-known Principle of Plenitude has it that everything that exists in some possible world exis...
This dissertation explores the concepts of naturalness, intrinsicality, and duplication. An intrinsi...
The well-known Principle of Plenitude has it that everything that exists in some possible world exis...
Normative naturalism is primarily a metaphysical doctrine: there are normative facts and properties,...
I propose an argument for the thesis that laws of nature are necessary in the sense of holding in al...
The interpretation of Lewis‘s doctrine of natural properties is difficult and controversia...
The interpretation of Lewis‘s doctrine of natural properties is difficult and controversial, especia...
Ever since David Lewis argued for the indispensibility of natural properties, they have become a sta...
I propose an argument for the thesis that laws of nature are necessary in a metaphysical sense, on t...
The perfectly natural properties and relations are special—they are all and only those that "carve n...
The perfectly natural properties and relations are special—they are all and only those that "carve n...
The intuitive distinction between natural and unnatural properties (e.g., green vs. grue) informs ou...
This paper is about naturalness in Lewis’s sense. It motivates the need for a notion of relative nat...
Since the publication of David Lewis's ''New Work for a Theory of Universals,'' the distinction betw...
The well-known Principle of Plenitude has it that everything that exists in some possible world exis...
This dissertation explores the concepts of naturalness, intrinsicality, and duplication. An intrinsi...
The well-known Principle of Plenitude has it that everything that exists in some possible world exis...
Normative naturalism is primarily a metaphysical doctrine: there are normative facts and properties,...
I propose an argument for the thesis that laws of nature are necessary in the sense of holding in al...
The interpretation of Lewis‘s doctrine of natural properties is difficult and controversia...
The interpretation of Lewis‘s doctrine of natural properties is difficult and controversial, especia...
Ever since David Lewis argued for the indispensibility of natural properties, they have become a sta...
I propose an argument for the thesis that laws of nature are necessary in a metaphysical sense, on t...