Justifying metaphysical nihilism: A response to Cameron

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Philosophical Quarterly 59 (234):132-137 (2009)
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Ross Cameron charges the subtraction argument for metaphysical nihilism with equivocation: each premise is plausible only under different interpretations of 'concrete'. This charge is ungrounded; the argument is both valid and supported by basic modal intuitions.

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10.1111/j.1467-9213.2008.588.x

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