---
title: "2 Bundle Theory Quotes By Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra"
description: "2 Bundle Theory quotes by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra. Plus more from Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra and more Bundle Theory sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_arguing_by-arguing-that-the-bundle-theory-does-n_712458.jpg"
---

> [By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I have thereby defended the bundle theory from a traditional objection to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/by-arguing-that-the-bundle-theory-does-not-entail-and-is-not/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_arguing_by-arguing-that-the-bundle-theory-does-n_712458.jpg)

> [I do not believe in the bundle theory anyway. The bundle theory postulates universals and I do not believe in them; so I do not believe in the bundle theory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/i-do-not-believe-in-the-bundle-theory-anyway-the-bundle-theory/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_believe_i-do-not-believe-in-the-bundle-theory-an_3007566.jpg)

## More by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

> [The parallelism, or denial of any causation between mind and body, derives basically, and fallaciously, from a theory of substances as having complete concepts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/the-parallelism-or-denial-of-any-causation-between-mind-and-body/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [In my view the bundle theorist should say that when a bundle is located somewhere, there is an 'instance' of the bundle there. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/in-my-view-the-bundle-theorist-should-say-that-when-a-bundle-is/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [I would say I was a philosophical boy. Thoughts about 'identical stones' are the earliest philosophical thoughts I remember. But when I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/i-would-say-i-was-a-philosophical-boy-thoughts-about-identical-stones/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [There are different interpretations of the problem of universals. I understand it as the problem of giving the truthmakers of propositions to the effect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/there-are-different-interpretations-of-the-problem-of-universals-i/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [Those who think that metaphysics is just misunderstood grammar will react to my giving metaphysics some place or another in the system of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/those-who-think-that-metaphysics-is-just-misunderstood-grammar-will/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/by-arguing-that-the-bundle-theory-does-not-entail-and-is-not/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [At one point I took a copy of Berkeley's Principles from my father's library. That was the first philosophy book I read. I found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/at-one-point-i-took-a-copy-of-berkeley-s-principles-from-my-father-s/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [Imperfect communities show that being a maximal resemblance class is not sufficient for being a property.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/imperfect-communities-show-that-being-a-maximal-resemblance-class-is/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [I decided to do philosophy at university, with a view to becoming a professional philosopher. Being a rather unstable character, at some points I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/i-decided-to-do-philosophy-at-university-with-a-view-to-becoming-a/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [The difference between resemblance nominalism and class nominalism is that the former, but not the latter, brings in resemblance to account for the truthmakers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/the-difference-between-resemblance-nominalism-and-class-nominalism-is/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [A truthmaker is an entity in virtue of which the proposition it makes true is true. And it is a necessary condition of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/a-truthmaker-is-an-entity-in-virtue-of-which-the-proposition-it-makes/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [The huge majority of philosophers seem to think that including impure properties in the range of the quantifiers of the principle would make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/the-huge-majority-of-philosophers-seem-to-think-that-including-impure/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [The role of metaphysics in relation to other disciplines, whether philosophical or not and including the natural sciences, is thus a foundational role. Lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/the-role-of-metaphysics-in-relation-to-other-disciplines-whether/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [For bundles of universals can be in more than one place at the same time; so a bundle can have more than one instance;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/for-bundles-of-universals-can-be-in-more-than-one-place-at-the-same/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

> [Metaphysics is the study of the most general nature and basic structure of reality, and therefore the concepts of metaphysics, concepts like time, space,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/metaphysics-is-the-study-of-the-most-general-nature-and-basic/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bundle-theory/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/#itemlist",
            "name": "2 Bundle Theory Quotes By Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I have thereby defended the bundle theory from a traditional objection to it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/by-arguing-that-the-bundle-theory-does-not-entail-and-is-not/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_arguing_by-arguing-that-the-bundle-theory-does-n_712458.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_arguing_by-arguing-that-the-bundle-theory-does-n_712458.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_arguing_by-arguing-that-the-bundle-theory-does-n_712458.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of…” — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I do not believe in the bundle theory anyway. The bundle theory postulates universals and I do not believe in them; so I do not believe in the bundle theory.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/i-do-not-believe-in-the-bundle-theory-anyway-the-bundle-theory/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_believe_i-do-not-believe-in-the-bundle-theory-an_3007566.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_believe_i-do-not-believe-in-the-bundle-theory-an_3007566.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_believe_i-do-not-believe-in-the-bundle-theory-an_3007566.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I do not believe in the bundle theory anyway. The bundle theory postulates universals and I do not believe…” — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bundle-theory/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bundle-theory/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/",
            "name": "Bundle Theory Quotes by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bundle-theory/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra-2539_arguing_by-arguing-that-the-bundle-theory-does-n_712458.jpg"
            },
            "description": "2 Bundle Theory quotes by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra. Plus more from Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra and more Bundle Theory sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bundle-theory/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bundle-theory/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Bundle Theory",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bundle-theory/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bundle-theory/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```