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What Is so Bad about Permanent Coincidence without Identity? (2024)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. W. (in press). What Is so Bad about Permanent Coincidence without Identity?. Organon F,

What is so bad about permanent coincidence without identity?’ (Mackie 2008: 163). This is the very question at the heart of the debate between pluralists and monists about constitution (Baker 1997, Fine 2003, Gibbard 1975, Johnston 1992, Lewis 1986,... Read More about What Is so Bad about Permanent Coincidence without Identity?.

The Fission Argument for The Unimportance of Identity Cannot Be Correct (2024)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. (in press). The Fission Argument for The Unimportance of Identity Cannot Be Correct. Argumenta,

Eric Olson has made an important addition to the discussion started by Parfit of the argument from the possibility of fission to the unimportance of personal iden-tity. Olson’s discussion is challenging. I want, more briefly, to highlight what is the... Read More about The Fission Argument for The Unimportance of Identity Cannot Be Correct.

There are more, or fewer, things than most of us think (2024)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. W. (2024). There are more, or fewer, things than most of us think. Metaphysica, 25(2), 193-203. https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2023-0035

In Chapter 12 of his book Material Beings (Van Inwagen, Peter. 1990. Material Beings. Ithaca: Cornell University Press) van Inwagen argues that there are no artefacts, or very few, certainly fewer than most people believe. Artisans very rarely create... Read More about There are more, or fewer, things than most of us think.