Ideas from 'Material Constitution' by Ryan Wasserman [2009], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy' (ed/tr Stanford University) [plato.stanford.edu ,-]].
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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)
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Constitution is not identity, because it is an asymmetric dependence relation
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There are three main objections to seeing constitution as different from identity
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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
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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'
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