Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Anaxarchus, Crawford L. Elder and Bob Hale

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
10518 Shapes and directions are of something, but games and musical compositions are not [Hale]
10513 Many abstract objects, such as chess, seem non-spatial, but are not atemporal [Hale]
10514 If the mental is non-spatial but temporal, then it must be classified as abstract [Hale]
10523 Being abstract is based on a relation between things which are spatially separated [Hale]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta
10307 The modern Fregean use of the term 'object' is much broader than the ordinary usage [Hale]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta
10315 We can't believe in a 'whereabouts' because we ask 'what kind of object is it?' [Hale]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
13798 Maybe we should give up the statue [Elder]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
19302 If a chair could be made of slightly different material, that could lead to big changes [Hale]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
13797 The loss of an essential property means the end of an existence [Elder]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
13794 Essential properties by nature occur in clusters or packages [Elder]
13796 Essential properties are bound together, and would be lost together [Elder]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
10522 The relations featured in criteria of identity are always equivalence relations [Hale]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
10321 We sometimes apply identity without having a real criterion [Hale]