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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts

14198	Absolutely unrestricted qualitative composition would allow things with incompatible properties [Paul,LA]
	Full Idea: Absolutely unrestricted qualitative composition would imply that objects with incompatible properties and objects such as winged pigs or golden mountains were actual.
	From: L.A. Paul (In Defense of Essentialism [2006], §5)
	A reaction: Note that this is 'qualitative' composition, and not composition of parts. The objection seems to rule out unrestricted qualitative composition, since you could hardly combine squareness with roundness.