
Published online:
18 January 2018
Published in print:
14 December 2017
Online ISBN:
9780191863622
Print ISBN:
9780198746973
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1. Adams’s Argument 1. Adams’s Argument
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1.1 Whence Bodies? 1.1 Whence Bodies?
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1.2 The Argument Somewhat Regimented 1.2 The Argument Somewhat Regimented
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1.3 A Natural Objection 1.3 A Natural Objection
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2. Reid’s Revenge? 2. Reid’s Revenge?
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2.1 The Insubstantiality Argument 2.1 The Insubstantiality Argument
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2.2 The Problem of Positive Properties 2.2 The Problem of Positive Properties
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2.3 The Disparity Thesis 2.3 The Disparity Thesis
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2.4 The Parity Gambit 2.4 The Parity Gambit
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2.5 The Realist’s Bulwark 2.5 The Realist’s Bulwark
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2.6 Does the Bulwark Hold? 2.6 Does the Bulwark Hold?
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3. Divine Deceiver? 3. Divine Deceiver?
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References References
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Chapter
1 Parrying Parity: A Reply to a Reidian Critique of Idealism
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Published:December 2017
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Buras, Todd, and Trent Dougherty, 'Parrying Parity: A Reply to a Reidian Critique of Idealism', in Tyron Goldschmidt, and Kenneth L. Pearce (eds), Idealism: New Essays in Metaphysics (Oxford , 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 18 Jan. 2018), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198746973.003.0001, accessed 6 May 2025.
Abstract
One Berkeleyan case for idealism, recently developed by Robert M. Adams, relies on a seeming disparity between our concepts of matter and mind. Thomas Reid’s critique of idealism directly challenges the alleged disparity. After highlighting the role of the disparity thesis in Adams’s updated Berkeleyan argument for idealism, this chapter offers an updated version of Reid’s challenge, and assesses its strength. What emerges from this historico-philosophical investigation is that a contemporary Reidian has much work to do to transpose her objections to Berkeley into good objections to Adams’s argument.
Keywords:
idealism, George Berkeley, Thomas Reid, Robert M. Adams, parity objection, substance, non-formal qualities
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