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Ideas for Empedocles, Ian Rumfitt and Edmund L. Gettier

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects

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There is no coming-to-be of anything, but only mixing and separating [Empedocles, by Aristotle]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

9389	Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt]

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An object that is not clearly red or orange can still be red-or-orange, which sweeps up problem cases [Rumfitt]

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The extension of a colour is decided by a concept's place in a network of contraries [Rumfitt]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 10. Beginning of an Object

457	Substance is not created or destroyed in mortals, but there is only mixing and exchange [Empedocles]