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Single Idea 17560

[filed under theme 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object ]

Full Idea

If composition just requires contact, if I cause the cue ball to rebound from the eight ball, do I thereby create a short-lived object shaped like two slightly flattened spheres in contact?

Gist of Idea

If contact causes composition, do two colliding balls briefly make one object?

Source

Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 03)

Book Ref

Inwagen,Peter van: 'Material Beings' [Cornell 1995], p.35


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