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Ideas for 'Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity', 'Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics' and 'Change in View: Principles of Reasoning'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

13128	'Ultimate sortals' cannot explain ontological categories [Westerhoff on Wiggins]
	Full Idea: 'Ultimate sortals' are said to be non-subordinated, disjoint from one another, and uniquely paired with each object. Because of this, the ultimate sortal cannot be a satisfactory explication of the notion of an ontological category.
	From: comment on David Wiggins (Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity [1971], p.75) by Jan Westerhoff - Ontological Categories §26
	A reaction: My strong intuitions are that Wiggins is plain wrong, and Westerhoff gives the most promising reasons for my intuition. The simplest point is that objects can obviously belong to more than one category.

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects

21652	Our perceptual beliefs are about ordinary objects, not about simples arranged chair-wise [Hofweber]
	Full Idea: The belief that there are simples arranged chair-wise is not a perceptual belief. Our perceptual beliefs have a content about ordinary objects, not simples arranged chair-wise.
	From: Thomas Hofweber (Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics [2016], 07.3.1)
	A reaction: Hofweber gives ontological priority to 'perceptual beliefs'. I'm inclined to agree, but I hear the critical hordes swarming against the gate.