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Ideas for Anaxarchus, Crawford L. Elder and John Searle

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

13798	Maybe we should give up the statue [Elder]
	Full Idea: Some contemporary metaphysicians infer that one of the objects must go, namely, the statue.
	From: Crawford L. Elder (Real Natures and Familiar Objects [2004], 7.2)
	A reaction: [He cites Zimmerman 1995] This looks like a recipe for creating a vast gulf between philosophers and the rest of the population. If it is right, it makes the true ontology completely useless in understanding our daily lives.