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The Role of Structure: a critical notice of Sider’s Writing the Book of the World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

Dana Goswick
Dana Goswick*
Affiliation:
Philosophy Department, Old Quad, University of Melbourne, Parkville3010, VIC, Australia
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*Email: dgoswick@unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

I critically evaluate the notion of structure Ted Sider presents in Writing the Book of the World. A prerequisite to understanding Sider’s notion of structure is understanding Sider’s take on ideology and ontology. In Section II, I discuss this. In Section III, I consider arguments in favor of structure. In Section IV, I examine one debate that is considered by Sider to be nonsubstantive: the debate over modality. I conclude, in Section V, by examining the reception Writing the Book of the World has received in the philosophical community.

Keywords

Ted Siderstructureontologyideologymodality
Type
Critical Notice
Information
Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 129 - 147
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Journal of Philosophy 2014

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