Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Jos�� A. Benardete, Stephen P. Schwartz and Adolph Rami
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
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The extremes of essentialism are that all properties are essential, or only very trivial ones [Rami]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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Why should packed-together particles be a thing (Mt Everest), but not scattered ones? [Benardete,JA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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An 'individual essence' is possessed uniquely by a particular object [Rami]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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'Sortal essentialism' says being a particular kind is what is essential [Rami]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Could a horse lose the essential property of being a horse, and yet continue to exist? [Benardete,JA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
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Unlosable properties are not the same as essential properties [Rami]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change
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If a soldier continues to exist after serving as a soldier, does the wind cease to exist after it ceases to blow? [Benardete,JA]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers
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One can step into the same river twice, but not into the same water [Benardete,JA]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
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Absolutists might accept that to exist is relative, but relative to what? How about relative to itself? [Benardete,JA]
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Maybe self-identity isn't existence, if Pegasus can be self-identical but non-existent [Benardete,JA]
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