Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Democritus and Joan Kung
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5 ideas
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
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Democritus denies reality to large objects, because atomic entities can't combine to produce new ones [Benardete,JA on Democritus]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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Democritus said that substances could never be mixed, so atoms are the substances [Democritus, by Aristotle]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
11993
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Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
11997
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A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
11992
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Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung]
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