Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Ryan Wasserman, Andr Gallois and Charles Chihara
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail
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A CAR and its major PART can become identical, yet seem to have different properties [Gallois]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object
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Constitution is identity (being in the same place), or it isn't (having different possibilities) [Wasserman]
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Constitution is not identity, because it is an asymmetric dependence relation [Wasserman]
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There are three main objections to seeing constitution as different from identity [Wasserman]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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The weight of a wall is not the weight of its parts, since that would involve double-counting [Wasserman]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time
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Gallois hoped to clarify identity through time, but seems to make talk of it impossible [Hawley on Gallois]
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If things change they become different - but then no one thing undergoes the change! [Gallois]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism
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4D: time is space-like; a thing is its history; past and future are real; or things extend in time [Gallois]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
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Relative identity may reject transitivity, but that suggests that it isn't about 'identity' [Wasserman]
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Gallois is committed to identity with respect to times, and denial of simple identity [Gallois, by Sider]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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Occasional Identity: two objects can be identical at one time, and different at others [Gallois, by Hawley]
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If two things are equal, each side involves a necessity, so the equality is necessary [Gallois]
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