Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
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Can a city be relocated? Exploring the metaphysics of context-dependency
This paper explores the Persistence Question about cities, that is, what is neces-sary and sufficient for two cities existing at different times to be numerically identical. We first show that we can possibly put an end to the existence of a city in a number of ways other than by physically destroying it, which reveals the metaphysics of cities to be partly different from that of ordinary objects. Then we focus in particular on the commonly perceived vulnerability of cities to imaginary relocation; and we make the hypothesis that cities do have among their essential properties that of being surrounded by a specific geographical context. Finally we investigate the possibility that a city can survive relocation in virtue of the capacity of its geographical context to survive it in the first place. We suggest that city contexts may not be essentially context-dependent in turn, and outline a possible description of the criteria for their persistence over time.
Can a city be relocated? Exploring the metaphysics of context-dependency
This paper explores the Persistence Question about cities, that is, what is neces-sary and sufficient for two cities existing at different times to be numerically identical. We first show that we can possibly put an end to the existence of a city in a number of ways other than by physically destroying it, which reveals the metaphysics of cities to be partly different from that of ordinary objects. Then we focus in particular on the commonly perceived vulnerability of cities to imaginary relocation; and we make the hypothesis that cities do have among their essential properties that of being surrounded by a specific geographical context. Finally we investigate the possibility that a city can survive relocation in virtue of the capacity of its geographical context to survive it in the first place. We suggest that city contexts may not be essentially context-dependent in turn, and outline a possible description of the criteria for their persistence over time.
Can a city be relocated? Exploring the metaphysics of context-dependency
Fabio Bacchini (Autor:in) / Nicola Piras (Autor:in) / F. Bacchini / N. Piras
01.01.2019
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
720
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