Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Michael Burke, Peter Simons and Daniel Statman

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation

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To individuate something we must pick it out, but also know its limits of variation [Simons]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

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Persistence conditions cannot contradict, so there must be a 'dominant sortal' [Burke,M, by Hawley]

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The 'dominant' of two coinciding sortals is the one that entails the widest range of properties [Burke,M, by Sider]

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Sortal nouns for continuants tell you their continuance- and cessation-conditions [Simons]