Single Idea 17565

[catalogued under 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects]

Full Idea

Nihilism about objects says there is a Y such that the Xs compose it if and only if there is only one of the Xs.

Gist of Idea

Nihilism says composition between single things is impossible

Source

Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 08)

Book Reference

Inwagen,Peter van: 'Material Beings' [Cornell 1995], p.72


A Reaction

He says that Unger, the best known 'nihilist' about objects, believes a different version - claiming there are composites, but they never make up the ordinary objects we talk about.