Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Dennis Whitcomb, Thomas Reid and Aristippus the elder
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time
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Continuity is needed for existence, otherwise we would say a thing existed after it ceased to exist [Reid]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 13. No Identity over Time
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We treat slowly changing things as identical for the sake of economy in language [Reid]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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Identity is familiar to common sense, but very hard to define [Reid]
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Identity can only be affirmed of things which have a continued existence [Reid]
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Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid]
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