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Recombination and Intrinsicality
Ross Cameron
Ratio XXI(1), p.1-12, (2008)
Area 1 Metaphysics
Area 2 Epistemology
Keywords Recombination Intrinsicality
http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~phlrpc/Recombination And Intrinsicality.pdf
In this paper I argue that warrant for Lewis' principle of recombination presupposes warrant for a combinatorial analysis of intrinsicality, which in turn presupposes warrant for the principle of recombination. This, I claim, leads to a vicious circularity: warrant for neither doctrine can get off the ground.