Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Jackson/Pargetter/Prior, Pyrrho and E.J. Lowe

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
8267 Perhaps concrete objects are entities which are in space-time and subject to causality [Lowe]
8265 Our commitment to the existence of objects should depend on their explanatory value [Lowe]
8275 Objects are entities with full identity-conditions, but there are entities other than objects [Lowe]
16130 To be an object at all requires identity-conditions [Lowe]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta
7783 Bodies, properties, relations, events, numbers, sets and propositions are 'things' if they exist [Lowe]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought
8263 An object is an entity which has identity-conditions [Lowe]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
8965 Neither mere matter nor pure form can individuate a sphere, so it must be a combination [Lowe]
8268 Some things (such as electrons) can be countable, while lacking proper identity [Lowe]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties
8303 Criteria of identity cannot individuate objects, because they are shared among different types [Lowe]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / c. Individuation by location
8292 Diversity of two tigers is their difference in space-time; difference of matter is a consequence [Lowe]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
8291 Individuation principles identify what kind it is; identity criteria distinguish items of the same kind [Lowe]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
4206 Conventionalists see the world as an amorphous lump without identities, but are we part of the lump? [Lowe]