“Do holes really exist? And if so, what are they?” These questions were posed by professors Roberto Casati and Achille C. Varzi in their 263 page book on the subject of ‘Holes and Other Superficialities’ (The MIT Press, 1994). And considerable steps were made towards answers. The duo took a comprehensive look into the myriad […]
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Almost nothings
For many philosophers, the scholarly debate around holes began in earnest in 1970, with Lewis and Lewis’s now classic article ‘Holes’ (Australasian Journal of Philosophy 48: 206–212.) The authors presented their paper in a highly unusual format – that of an imaginary discussion between two philosophers, called Argle and Bargle, who are pondering the holes in […]