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Single Idea 11116
[filed under theme 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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Full Idea
Being a physical object (as opposed to being a horse or a statue) really is our most fundamental category for dealing with the external world.
Gist of Idea
Being a physical object is our most fundamental category
Source
Michael Jubien (Analyzing Modality [2007], 2)
Book Ref
'Oxford Studies in Metaphysics vol.3', ed/tr. Zimmerman,Dean W. [OUP 2007], p.110
A Reaction
This raises the interesting question of why any categories should be considered to be more 'fundamental' than others. I can only think that we perceive something to be an object fractionally before we (usually) manage to identify it.
The
14 ideas
from 'Analyzing Modality'
11108
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Your properties, not some other world, decide your possibilities
[Jubien]
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11111
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Modal truths are facts about parts of this world, not about remote maximal entities
[Jubien]
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11105
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We have no idea how many 'possible worlds' there might be
[Jubien]
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11107
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If there are no other possible worlds, do we then exist necessarily?
[Jubien]
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11106
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If all possible worlds just happened to include stars, their existence would be necessary
[Jubien]
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11112
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Possible worlds just give parallel contingencies, with no explanation at all of necessity
[Jubien]
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11109
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If other worlds exist, then they are scattered parts of the actual world
[Jubien]
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11113
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Worlds don't explain necessity; we use necessity to decide on possible worlds
[Jubien]
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11110
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We mustn't confuse a similar person with the same person
[Jubien]
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11116
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Being a physical object is our most fundamental category
[Jubien]
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11117
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Haecceities implausibly have no qualities
[Jubien]
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11115
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'All horses' either picks out the horses, or the things which are horses
[Jubien]
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11118
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Modal propositions transcend the concrete, but not the actual
[Jubien]
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11119
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De re necessity is just de dicto necessity about object-essences
[Jubien]
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