Terence Horgan and Matjaž Potrč are contemporary analytic metaphysicians best known for their collaborative defense of 'blobjectivism'—the austere ontological thesis that only one concrete particular exists, the cosmos as a whole (the 'blobject'). Their work systematically reconciles this radical monism with the apparent truth of ordinary discourse through an indirect correspondence theory of language.
Developed and defended blobjectivism: the view that the cosmos is the single concrete particular
Co-authored Austere Realism (2008), a systematic treatment of ontological minimalism
Articulated an indirect correspondence account explaining how ordinary object-talk can be true without committing to ordinary objects
Advanced the concept of 'semantic correctness conditions' that float free of strict ontological commitments
Contributed to debates on vagueness, intentionality, and the relationship between ontology and language
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