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Universalism and junk
No full textThose who accept the necessity of mereological universalism face what has come to be known as the junk argument due to Bohn [2009], which proceeds from (i) the incompatibility of junk with universalism and (ii) the possibility of junk, to conclude that mereological universalism isn't metaphysically necessary. Most attention has focused on (ii); however, recent authors have cast doubt on (i). This paper undertakes a defence of premise (i) against three main objections. The first is a new objection to the effect that Bohn's defence of that premise presupposes far too much. I show that one can defend premise (i) from a much weaker set of assumptions. The second objection, due to Contessa [2012], is that those who accept unrestricted composition should only accept the existence of binary sums (which are compatible with junk) rather than infinitary fusions. I argue that this conception of unrestricted composition is problematic: it is in conflict with an intuitive remainder principle. The final objection is due to Spencer [2012]. His view is that there is no absolutely unrestricted plural universal quantifier; so any statement of the unrestricted fusion axiom will simply not rule out the existence of junky worlds. I argue that the failure of unrestricted quantification will not be enough by itself to establish the existence of junk. Furthermore, it is not clear whether this view counts as a form of mereological universalism. As a result, I suggest that if one wants to reject the junk argument, premise (ii) is the only viable option.Peer reviewe
junk wood (junk of wood???)
No full textjunk n[PT] But the junks - take a junk about that big, what we call junk wood, for the stool, cut small in junks....YesJ. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973Used I and SupUsed I and Sup1Not Usedback junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junkChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 201
junk
No full textjunk nYou carried a junk o' wood an' a few splits under your arm every _ every morning....YesJ. D. A. WIDDOWSONUsed I and SupUsed I and Sup1Not Usedback junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junkChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 201
junk
No full textjunk n[PT] If it's just a short piece of wood long enough for the firebox of a stove it's called a junk.YesDNE-cit DNE-citJ. WIDDOSONUsed I and SupUsed I and Sup1Used Iback junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junkChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 201
junk
No full textjunk n[PT] ...it was those big bakin' pans, so long, an' they'd have he full of turrs or_ or rabbits, perhaps a piece o' pork. We killed most[ly] killed a pig for Christmas, an' you'd have your junk o' pork, perhaps in one end o' the pan, and perhaps something else over in th' other.YesDNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973Used I and SupUsed I and Sup2Used Iback junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junkChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 201
junk junks
No full textjunk n[PT] [PT] But the junks - take a junk about that big, what we call junk wood, for the stool, cut small in junks...YesJ. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973Used I and SupUsed I and Sup1Not Usedback junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junkChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 201
junk junks
No full textjunk n[PT] ...I don't know if /there was fourteen or sixteen hundred feet o' lumber - short junks about this length, you know, drift timber.YesJ. D. A. WIDDOWSONUsed I and SupUsed I and Sup1Not Usedback junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junkChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 201
junk junks
No full textjunk n[PT] ....they'd cut up the pork, fat back pork, in little squares, little junks, an' mix it up in the flour, an' bake it;YesDNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973Used I and SupUsed I and Sup2Not Usedback junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junkChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 2015, stamped but not use
junk (n)
No full textjunk n[PT] An' the drill, an' strike over your head or anywhere else. ....but, you know, 'twasnt refined then. It come out in junk, we'd say, you know, big pieces - thirty pounds, forty pounds, fifty pounds an' less, you know, an'...that's how it was shipped out; the ore was shipped out like that. (large piece; chunk. Said here of large pieces of ore drilled from a mine at Tilt Cove)YesDNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON MAR 1974Used I and SupUsed I4Used Iback junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junkChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 201
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