Existence and Ontological Pluralism | Dr. Trenton Merricks

What is existence? Are there different ways to exist? Is ‘being’ univocal? Dr. Trenton Merricks joins me to discuss these questions and more.

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Outline

0:00 Intro and Outline
1:15 Existence
9:16 Ways of being, quantification, & monism vs pluralism
25:19 Merricks’ Dilemma for Pluralism
52:46 Objections
1:19:42 Conclusion

Link to Merricks’ paper, “The Only Way to Be”: ​​https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...

If you don’t have institutional access to the paper, here’s a pre-print PDF: https://philpapers.org/archive/MERTOW...

Merricks’ website: https://www.trentonmerricks.com/

And the usual links:

My book: https://www.amazon.com/Majesty-Reason...
My website: https://majestyofreason.wordpress.com/
My PhilPapers profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/josep...