Is the Problem of the Many a Problem in Metaphysics?

The common problem of the many countries that´s identified by many policy makers, educators, economists and other professionals is the problem of high level of youth unemployment rate. Properly prepared workforce for the European economy are current challenges for the teacher and training community. The need to update vocational education teaching (further VET) - teachers’ qualifications and competences is very urgent in the all countries of EU. This study deals with teacher preparation in Slovakia and concisely describes selected results of questionnaire survey on vocational education teacher competences. The study provides an introduction to the theme of teacher competence improvement through small survey conducted at Slovak university of Agriculture in Nitra and suggests some challenges for solution in VET teachers preparation. There is a need of innovative practical approach to stimulating and develop key competences among students in VET institutions. This need is also connected with the quality of VET teachers and the professional teacher competences development in teachers’ preparation and in their further education.

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The Problem of the Many: Supervaluation, Rough Sets and Faultless Disagreement

Quo Vadis, Metaphysics? ◽

10.1515/9783110664812-019 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 329-350

Keyword(s):

Rough Sets ◽

Faultless Disagreement ◽

Problem Of The Many ◽

The Many

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17. The Problem of the Many and the Vagueness of Composition

Material Beings ◽

10.7591/9781501713033-018 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 213-227

Keyword(s):

Problem Of The Many ◽

The Many

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Material Objects

10.1017/9781009019606 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Thomas Sattig

Keyword(s):

Composite Material ◽

Material Objects ◽

Mereological Nihilism ◽

The Third ◽

Problem Of The Many ◽

The Many

This Element is a survey of central topics in the metaphysics of material objects. The topics are grouped into four problem spaces. The first concerns how an object's parts are related to the object's existence and to the object's nature, or essence. The second concerns how an object persists through time, how an object is located in spacetime, and how an object changes. The third concerns paradoxes about objects, including paradoxes of coincidence, paradoxes of fission, and the problem of the many. The fourth concerns views with radical consequences regarding the existence of composite material objects, including mereological nihilism, ontological anti-realism, and deflationism.

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