Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Herodotus, Peter Simons and Harr,R./Madden,E.H.

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
12850 To individuate something we must pick it out, but also know its limits of variation [Simons]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
12860 Sortal nouns for continuants tell you their continuance- and cessation-conditions [Simons]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
15272 The good criticism of substance by Humeans also loses them the vital concept of a thing [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
12886 A whole requires some unique relation which binds together all of the parts [Simons]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique
15304 We can escape substance and its properties, if we take fields of pure powers as ultimate [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail
12835 Does Tibbles remain the same cat when it loses its tail? [Simons]
12857 Tibbles isn't Tib-plus-tail, because Tibbles can survive its loss, but the sum can't [Simons]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
12820 Without extensional mereology two objects can occupy the same position [Simons]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object
15309 The assumption that shape and solidity are fundamental implies dubious 'substance' in bodies [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
12866 Composition is asymmetric and transitive [Simons]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object
12867 A hand constitutes a fist (when clenched), but a fist is not composed of an augmented hand [Simons]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum
15264 The notorious substratum results from substance-with-qualities; individuals-with-powers solves this [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
12864 We say 'b is part of a', 'b is a part of a', 'b are a part of a', or 'b are parts of a'. [Simons]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts
12814 Classical mereology says there are 'sums', for whose existence there is no other evidence [Simons]
12817 'Mereological extensionality' says objects with the same parts are identical [Simons]
12833 If there are c atoms, this gives 2^c - 1 individuals, so there can't be just 2 or 12 individuals [Simons]
12849 Sums are more plausible for pluralities and masses than they are for individuals [Simons]
12877 Sums of things in different categories are found within philosophy. [Simons]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
12888 The wholeness of a melody seems conventional, but of an explosion it seems natural [Simons]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
12871 Objects have their essential properties because of the kind of objects they are [Simons]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
15262 In logic the nature of a kind, substance or individual is the essence which is inseparable from what it is [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
12870 We must distinguish the de dicto 'must' of propositions from the de re 'must' of essence [Simons]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
15297 We can infer a new property of a thing from its other properties, via its essential nature [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 11. Essence of Artefacts
12873 Original parts are the best candidates for being essential to artefacts [Simons]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 12. Essential Parts
12874 An essential part of an essential part is an essential part of the whole [Simons]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
15266 We say the essence of particles is energy, but only so we can tell a story about the nature of things [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change
15220 To say something remains the same but lacks its capacities and powers seems a contradiction [Harré/Madden]
15222 Some individuals can gain or lose capacities or powers, without losing their identity [Harré/Madden]
15296 A particular might change all of its characteristics, retaining mere numerical identity [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism
15275 'Dense' time raises doubts about continuous objects, so they need 'continuous' time [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism
12837 Four dimensional-objects are stranger than most people think [Simons]
15271 If things are successive instantaneous events, nothing requires those events to resemble one another [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 7. Intermittent Objects
12856 Intermittent objects would be respectable if they occurred in nature, as well as in artefacts [Simons]
12885 Objects like chess games, with gaps in them, are thereby less unified [Simons]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers
15256 Humeans cannot step in the same river twice, because they cannot strictly form the concept of 'river' [Harré/Madden]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus
12854 An entrepreneur and a museum curator would each be happy with their ship at the end [Simons]
12855 The 'best candidate' theories mistakenly assume there is one answer to 'Which is the real ship?' [Simons]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
12872 The zygote is an essential initial part, for a sexually reproduced organism [Simons]