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Single Idea 8263

[from 'The Possibility of Metaphysics' by E.J. Lowe, in 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought ]

Full Idea

To be an object is simply to be an entity possessing determinate identity-conditions.

Gist of Idea

An object is an entity which has identity-conditions

Source

E.J. Lowe (The Possibility of Metaphysics [1998], 2.3)

Book Reference

Lowe,E.J.: 'The Possibility of Metaphysics' [OUP 2001], p.37


A Reaction

This is a nice clear-cut claim, which sounds good, except that there may be a blurring of ontology and epistemology. Presumably the conditions are for the concept, not for an actual act of identification. Maybe we are too stupid to conceive them.