Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Ryan Wasserman, Johann Winckelmann and Michael Novak

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7 ideas

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]

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]

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]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression

8119	Art aims only at beauty, of form, of idea, and (above all) of expression [Winckelmann, by Tolstoy]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

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Economic capitalist liberty naturally leads to democratic political liberty [Novak]