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Expansion for Objects

		1060	1.	Philosophy
		633	2.	Reason
		630	3.	Truth
		784	4.	Formal Logic
		1246	5.	Theory of Logic
		1191	6.	Mathematics
		1059	7.	Existence
		896	8.	Modes of Existence

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	1532	9.	Objects
		A.	Existence of Objects
	37	1.	Physical Objects
	16	2.	Abstract Objects	a.	Nature of abstracta
	5			b.	Need for abstracta
	17			c.	Modern abstracta
	7			d.	Problems with abstracta
	15	3.	Objects in Thought
	17	4.	Impossible objects
	9	5.	Simples
	37	5.	Individuation	a.	Individuation
	11			b.	Individuation by properties
	12			c.	Individuation by location
	21			d.	Individuation by haecceity
	40			e.	Individuation by kind
	29	6.	Nihilism about Objects
		B.	Unity of Objects
	23	1.	Unifying an Object	a.	Intrinsic unification
	18			b.	Unifying aggregates
	11			c.	Unity as conceptual
	41	2.	Substance	a.	Substance
	6			b.	Need for substance
	20			c.	Types of substance
	37			d.	Substance defined
	20			e.	Substance critique
	3	3.	Unity Problems	a.	Scattered objects
	8			b.	Cat and its tail
	38			c.	Statue and clay
	10			d.	Coincident objects
	29			e.	Vague objects
		C.	Structure of Objects
	15	1.	Structure of an Object
	30	2.	Hylomorphism	a.	Hylomorphism
	8			b.	Form as principle
	8			c.	Form as causal
	11			d.	Form as unifier
	13	3.	Matter of an Object
	9	4.	Quantity of an Object
	23	5.	Composition of an Object
	21	6.	Constitution of an Object
	22	7.	Substratum
	27	8.	Parts of Objects	a.	Parts of objects
	22			b.	Sums of parts
	45			c.	Wholes from parts
		D.	Essence of Objects
	27	1.	Essences of Objects
	17	2.	Types of Essence
	40	3.	Individual Essences
	21	4.	Essence as Definition
	28	5.	Essence as Kind
	24	6.	Essence as Unifier
	21	7.	Essence and Necessity	a.	Essence as necessary properties
	22			b.	Essence not necessities
	9			c.	Essentials are necessary
	21	8.	Essence as Explanatory
	33	9.	Essence and Properties
	18	10.	Essence as Species
	11	11.	Essence of Artefacts
	7	12.	Essential Parts
	29	13.	Nominal Essence
	19	14.	Knowledge of Essences
	34	15.	Against Essentialism
		E.	Objects over Time
	16	1.	Objects over Time
	17	2.	Objects that Change
	12	3.	Three-Dimensionalism
	24	4.	Four-Dimensionalism
	21	5.	Temporal Parts
	10	6.	Successive Things
	8	7.	Intermittent Objects
	9	8.	Continuity of Rivers
	19	9.	Ship of Theseus
	9	10.	Beginning of an Object
	3	11.	End of an Object
	21	12.	Origin as Essential
	3	13.	No Identity over Time
		F.	Identity among Objects
	33	1.	Concept of Identity
	14	2.	Defining Identity
	18	3.	Relative Identity
	11	4.	Type Identity
	23	5.	Self-Identity
	21	6.	Identity between Objects
	38	7.	Indiscernible Objects
	18	8.	Leibniz's Law
	9	9.	Sameness

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		800	10.	Modality
		490	11.	Knowledge Aims
		717	12.	Knowledge Sources
		636	13.	Knowledge Criteria
		679	14.	Science
		557	15.	Nature of Minds
		496	16.	Persons
		495	17.	Mind and Body
		867	18.	Thought
		840	19.	Language
		323	20.	Action
		272	21.	Aesthetics
		988	22.	Metaethics
		1001	23.	Ethics
		973	24.	Political Theory
		773	25.	Social Practice
		998	26.	Natural Theory
		727	27.	Natural Reality
		429	28.	God
		309	29.	Religion