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Expansion for Objects

		832	1.	Philosophy
		524	2.	Reason
		562	3.	Truth
		761	4.	Formal Logic
		1154	5.	Theory of Logic
		1134	6.	Mathematics
		913	7.	Existence
		820	8.	Modes of Existence

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	1464	9.	Objects
		A.	Existence of Objects
	32	1.	Physical Objects
	16	2.	Abstract Objects	a.	Nature of abstracta
	5			b.	Need for abstracta
	17			c.	Modern abstracta
	7			d.	Problems with abstracta
	13	3.	Objects in Thought
	38	4.	Individuation	a.	Individuation
	11			b.	Individuation by properties
	12			c.	Individuation by location
	20			d.	Individuation by haecceity
	40			e.	Individuation by kind
	7	5.	Simples
	30	6.	Nihilism about Objects
		B.	Unity of Objects
	22	1.	Unifying an Object	a.	Intrinsic unification
	18			b.	Unifying aggregates
	10			c.	Unity as conceptual
	38	2.	Substance	a.	Substance
	6			b.	Need for substance
	20			c.	Types of substance
	34			d.	Substance defined
	20			e.	Substance critique
	3	3.	Unity Problems	a.	Scattered objects
	8			b.	Cat and its tail
	38			c.	Statue and clay
	10			d.	Coincident objects
	28			e.	Vague objects
		C.	Structure of Objects
	15	1.	Structure of an Object
	28	2.	Hylomorphism	a.	Hylomorphism
	8			b.	Form as principle
	8			c.	Form as causal
	11			d.	Form as unifier
	13	3.	Matter of an Object
	9	4.	Quantity of an Object
	23	5.	Composition of an Object
	21	6.	Constitution of an Object
	22	7.	Substratum
	27	8.	Parts of Objects	a.	Parts of objects
	21			b.	Sums of parts
	40			c.	Wholes from parts
		D.	Essence of Objects
	26	1.	Essences of Objects
	16	2.	Types of Essence
	38	3.	Individual Essences
	20	4.	Essence as Definition
	26	5.	Essence as Kind
	25	6.	Essence as Unifier
	21	7.	Essence and Necessity	a.	Essence as necessary properties
	22			b.	Essence not necessities
	9			c.	Essentials are necessary
	21	8.	Essence as Explanatory
	31	9.	Essence and Properties
	18	10.	Essence as Species
	11	11.	Essence of Artefacts
	7	12.	Essential Parts
	29	13.	Nominal Essence
	19	14.	Knowledge of Essences
	34	15.	Against Essentialism
		E.	Objects over Time
	13	1.	Objects over Time
	18	2.	Objects that Change
	12	3.	Three-Dimensionalism
	22	4.	Four-Dimensionalism
	21	5.	Temporal Parts
	10	6.	Successive Things
	7	7.	Intermittent Objects
	8	8.	Continuity of Rivers
	18	9.	Ship of Theseus
	9	10.	Beginning of an Object
	3	11.	End of an Object
	21	12.	Origin as Essential
	8	13.	No Identity over Time
		F.	Identity among Objects
	25	1.	Concept of Identity
	13	2.	Defining Identity
	18	3.	Relative Identity
	11	4.	Type Identity
	21	5.	Self-Identity
	19	6.	Identity between Objects
	39	7.	Indiscernible Objects
	18	8.	Leibniz's Law
	8	9.	Sameness

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		760	10.	Modality
		383	11.	Knowledge Aims
		600	12.	Knowledge Sources
		571	13.	Knowledge Criteria
		618	14.	Science
		460	15.	Nature of Minds
		387	16.	Persons
		467	17.	Mind and Body
		686	18.	Thought
		766	19.	Language
		200	20.	Action
		110	21.	Aesthetics
		680	22.	Metaethics
		731	23.	Ethics
		149	24.	Applied Ethics
		646	25.	Society
		983	26.	Natural Theory
		345	27.	Natural Reality
		377	28.	God
		222	29.	Religion