Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Chrysippus, L.A. Paul and Plato
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
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The greatest discovery in human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects [Brown,JR on Plato]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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We can grasp whole things in science, because they have a mathematics and a teleology [Plato, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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Doesn't each thing have an essence, just as it has other qualities? [Plato]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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'Substance theorists' take modal properties as primitive, without structure, just falling under a sortal [Paul,LA]
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If an object's sort determines its properties, we need to ask what determines its sort [Paul,LA]
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Substance essentialism says an object is multiple, as falling under various different sortals [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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If we see everything as separate, we can then give no account of it [Plato]
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