Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Paul Horwich and Aristotle
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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Aristotle gave up his earlier notion of individuals, because it relied on universals [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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Form and matter may not make up a concrete particular, because there are also accidents like weight [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
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Objects lacking matter are intrinsic unities [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects
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Some philosophers say that in some qualified way non-existent things 'are' [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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To know a thing is to know its primary cause or explanation [Aristotle]
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Aristotle's form improves on being non-predicable as a way to identify a 'this' [Aristotle, by Wiggins]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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For Aristotle, things are not made individual by some essential distinguishing mark [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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Genus and species are substances, because only they reveal the primary substance [Aristotle, by Wedin]
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Genus gives the essence better than the differentiae do [Aristotle]
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Individuals within a species differ in their matter, form and motivating cause [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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Why are being terrestrial and a biped combined in the definition of man, but being literate and musical aren't? [Aristotle]
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