Water is and is not H2O
Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 183 - 208
Published: Apr 29, 2019
Abstract
The Twin Earth thought experiment invites us to consider a liquid that has all of the superficial properties associated with water (clear, potable, etc.) but has entirely different deeper causal properties (composed of “XYZ” rather than of H 2 O). Debates about natural kind concepts have sought to accommodate an apparent fact about ordinary people's judgments: Intuitively, the Twin Earth liquid is not water. We present results showing that...
Paper Details
Title
Water is and is not H2O
Published Date
Apr 29, 2019
Volume
35
Issue
2
Pages
183 - 208
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