Combining Philosophers

Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Thomas W. Polger and Michael Burke

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

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Objects just are what singular terms refer to [Hale/Wright]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

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Persistence conditions cannot contradict, so there must be a 'dominant sortal' [Burke,M, by Hawley]

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The 'dominant' of two coinciding sortals is the one that entails the widest range of properties [Burke,M, by Sider]