Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Michael Burke, David Wiggins and Andrew Gibson

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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time

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'What is it?' gives the kind, nature, persistence conditions and identity over time of a thing [Wiggins]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism

11876

It is easier to go from horses to horse-stages than from horse-stages to horses [Wiggins]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 7. Intermittent Objects

16499

A restored church is the same 'church', but not the same 'building' or 'brickwork' [Wiggins]

16515

A thing begins only once; for a clock, it is when its making is first completed [Wiggins]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus

16517

Priests prefer the working ship; antiquarians prefer the reconstruction [Wiggins]

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The question is not what gets the title 'Theseus' Ship', but what is identical with the original [Wiggins]