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Symmetry, indiscernibility, and the generalist picture

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This thesis consists of four independent but thematically interrelated papers, plus an addendum to one of these papers.

Chapter 1 defends the view that Leibniz subscribed to generalism, or the view that the world is fundamentally purely qualitative in character. In particular, I respond to Cover & O'Leary-Hawthorne’s (1999) claim that Leibniz’s use of symmetry considerations in the correspondence with Clarke reveals that he was not a generalist. In addition, I clai...

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HUMS
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Philosophy Faculty
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DPhil
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Doctoral
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University of Oxford


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2017-04-23

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