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Ideas for 'works', 'Aristotelian commentaries' and 'Must We Believe in Set Theory?'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

9607	The greatest discovery in human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects [Brown,JR on Plato]

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I am a fan of abstract objects, and confident of their existence [Boolos]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

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We deal with abstract objects all the time: software, poems, mistakes, triangles.. [Boolos]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation

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We can grasp whole things in science, because they have a mathematics and a teleology [Plato, by Koslicki]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification

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Plato sees an object's structure as expressible in mathematics [Plato, by Koslicki]

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Plato was less concerned than Aristotle with the source of unity in a complex object [Plato, by Koslicki]

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Unity by aggregation, order, inherence, composition, and simplicity [Conimbricense, by Pasnau]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

593	Plato's holds that there are three substances: Forms, mathematical entities, and perceptible bodies [Plato, by Aristotle]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

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Plato says wholes are either containers, or they're atomic, or they don't exist [Plato, by Koslicki]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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Only universals have essence [Plato, by Politis]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

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Plato and Aristotle take essence to make a thing what it is [Plato, by Politis]