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    The bundle theory cannot account for the truth of 'Bush i... — Carmelics
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    The bundle theory cannot account for the truth of 'Bush is not sitting' at time t if the bundle contains neither of the contrary properties sitting nor not sitting.

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    • 1.Russell's bundle theory requires every genuine predication to be grounded in a constituent universal actually present in the bundle at the relevant time.
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    • 2.A bundle lacking both F and not-F at t provides no ontological ground for either 'x is F' or 'x is not F' being determinately true at t.
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    • 3.Without a truth-maker in the bundle, the law of excluded middle becomes a logical artifact unsupported by the theory's own metaphysics, exposing an internal inconsistency.
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    • 1.Armstrong's truthmaker principle holds that every true proposition must have an ontological ground that necessitates its truth in the world.
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    • 2.If a bundle at t contains neither sitting nor not-sitting, there exists no state of affairs within that bundle sufficient to necessitate the truth of 'Bush is not sitting' at t.
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    • 3.The bundle theory therefore cannot satisfy Armstrong's truthmaker constraint for negative predications when the relevant contrary properties are wholly absent from the bundle.
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    • 1.The bundle theorist's theory of predication requires that a property be in the bundle for a predication to be true.
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    • 2.If neither sitting nor not sitting is in the bundle, the proposition is not true even at t.
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    Suppose that, corresponding to (i), the constituent of (10) includes exactly one of the contrary properties of sitting and not sitting: say, not sitting. Then it is hard to see how (10) is true, as it is at t, given that the object constituent is a bundle of properties including the property of not sitting. Suppose that, corresponding to (ii), both properties are among the bundle. Then it is hard to see how Bush exists, given that he is an inconsistent bundle of properties. Finally, suppose that
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