Sakes exist
Abstract Contemporary ontologists, almost unanimously, dismiss the idea that sakes (as in ‘I did it for her sake’) exist. Likewise with the kibosh, snooks, behalves, dints, and so on. In this essay, I argue that there is no good reason for this near consensus, I begin to make a case that sakes and the like do exist, and I consider what this means more broadly for ontology.
Authors
- Tristan Grøtvedt Haze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-1892)
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.70012
- Primary Topic
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00