IN DEFENCE OF A TYPE-TOKEN VIEW. RESPONSE TO MORRIS

• Authors: Ivo Dragoun
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

What is the ontological status of a musical work? This paper enters the discussion of the question between Julian Dodd and Michael Morris. Dodd is a proponent of a type-token view, which is a version of Platonism. Morris has formulated an argument that purports to show that a musical work cannot be a token of a type. If successful, the argument presents a serious challenge for a type-token theorist with implications for Platonism as a whole. Morris’s argument is, however, problematic in a few respects. The aim of this paper is to identify the problems and weaken the strength of Morris’s argument thus restoring the original appeal of a type-token view.

Keywords

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REDUCTIONISM; TYPE-TOKEN DISTINCTION; MORRIS; DODD; PLATONISM

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 444 – 458

Contributors

author

Ivo Dragoun

• Department of Philosophy, Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University, Křížkovského 12, 771 80 Olomouc, Czech Republic