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    Orilia

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy

    b. 1956

    Francesco Orilia is an Italian contemporary analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics, philosophy of language, and the theory of properties and relations. He is known for his work on Bradley's regress, ontological categories, and predication theory, as well as his defense of a fact-based ontology.

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    Developed detailed analyses of Bradley's regress and critiques of proposed solutions

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    Authored 'Singular Reference: A Descriptivist Perspective' defending a descriptivist account of reference

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    Contributed to the ontology of properties, relations, and states of affairs

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    Professor of Philosophy at the University of Macerata, Italy

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    Consciousness & Mind

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    Lowe's solution to Bradley's regress merely replaces one equally thorny problem with another

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