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Spectrum arguments, parity and persistency

Herlitz, Anders LU (2020) In Theoria: a Swedish Journal of Philosophy 86(4). p.463-481
Abstract
This article shows that introducing the positive comparative relation parity only helps one block so-called “Spectrum Arguments” in order to avoid their unsavoury implications if one specifies parity in a specific way with respect to its persistence. The article illustrates how parity must both admit of persistency and be weakly non-persistent for parity to block Spectrum Arguments, and identifies some consequences of that discovery for the general debate on Spectrum Arguments, value theory and comparability problems.
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Theoria: a Swedish Journal of Philosophy
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86
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4
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463 - 481
publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • scopus:85085627452
ISSN
0040-5825
DOI
10.1111/theo.12249
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English
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{463--481}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Theoria: a Swedish Journal of Philosophy}},
  title        = {{Spectrum arguments, parity and persistency}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/theo.12249}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/theo.12249}},
  volume       = {{86}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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