Meaning of incar | Babel Free

Definitions

A car completely inside of a garage, or the portion of a car that is inside a garage.

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Examples

“This is not to deny⟳ that we might initially be sceptical of the existence of objects like⟳ the outcars and incars entertained by Eli Hirsch, objects that grow⟳ and shrink⟳ as a car leaves its garage. But we don’t think⟳ it ridiculous that there are objects that grow⟳ and shrink⟳ as large rocks move⟳ underwater […] It seems clear that none but the most insular metaphysician should countenance islands while repudiating incars.”

“For example, incars are things ordinary folks have⟳ never dreamed of.”

“It is natural to claim⟳ that there are no such things as incars and outcars. We cannot just stipulate such things as incars and outcars into existence.”

“A thinks that werewolves exist⟳; B doesn’t; A thinks incars and outcars exist⟳, but not cars; B thinks vice versa; A thinks ordinary objects exist⟳, but not mereological sums of them; B thinks both exist⟳.”

“These reflections help⟳ us with some other purportedly absurd objects that Eklund mentions in order⟳ to embarrass the neo-Fregean, such as incars and xhearts/xlivers.”

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