Van inwagen and the possibility of gunk
Van inwagen and the possibility of gunk
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Van Inwagen 和垃圾的可能性
作者：
T. Sider
我们经常说一个物体是由各种其他物体组成的。我们说，扑克牌是由纸牌组成的，一条路是它的各个部分的总和，一座房子是由它的墙壁、天花板、地板、门等等组成的。这里有一个哲学问题：这些物体组成某种东西必须具备什么条件？彼得·货车·因瓦根（Peter Inwagen）在他最近的著作《物质存在》（Material Beings）中提出了这个问题，他称之为“特殊构成问题”;他的答案是：
We often speak of an object being composed of various other objects. We say that the deck is composed of the cards, that a road is the sum total of its sections, that a house is composed of its walls, ceilings, oors, doors, etc. Suppose we have some material objects. Here is a philosophical question: what conditions must obtain for those objects to compose something? In his recent book Material Beings, Peter van Inwagen addresses this question, which he calls the ‘special composition question’; his answer is:1