caa a22 4500 469102470 CHVBK 20180323133047.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00354539 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00354539 Sider Theodore Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA, USA aut Tooley's solution to the inference problem [Elektronische Daten] [Theodore Sider] Conclusion: Tooley's speculative theory, I have tried to show, is beset with difficulties. I warned that this theory threatens to fail in its goal of illuminating the possible nature of a necessitation relation if it employs radical principles about parts and wholes and universals. Secondly, I argued that regardless of how we interpret the crucial phrase ‘existing only as a part of', the speculative theory cannot solve the inference problem without appealing to such radical principles. Finally, I considered and rejected a version of Tooley's speculative theory that attempts to solve the inference problem using the Indiscernibility of Identicals. I conclude that the speculative theory fails. Tooley must fall back to the stipulative theory and live with the lack of an illuminating solution to the inference problem. But this is not to admit defeat. While it would be nice to have a more complete account of its workings, we may view the introduction of the necessitation relation as a theoretical posit, analogous to the positing of subatomic particles in physics to account for various data. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 Philosophical Studies Kluwer Academic Publishers 67/3(1992-09-01), 261-275 0031-8116 67:3<261 1992 67 11098 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354539 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354539 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Sider Theodore Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Philosophical Studies Kluwer Academic Publishers 67/3(1992-09-01), 261-275 0031-8116 67:3<261 1992 67 11098 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer