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'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Iteration Again' and 'Objects and Persons'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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I say that most of the objects of folk ontology do not exist [Merricks]
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Is swimming pool water an object, composed of its mass or parts? [Merricks]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples
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We can eliminate objects without a commitment to simples [Merricks]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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Merricks agrees that there are no composite objects, but offers a different semantics [Merricks, by Liggins]
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The 'folk' way of carving up the world is not intrinsically better than quite arbitrary ways [Merricks]
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If atoms 'arranged baseballwise' break a window, that analytically entails that a baseball did it [Merricks, by Thomasson]
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Overdetermination: the atoms do all the causing, so the baseball causes no breakage [Merricks]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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Clay does not 'constitute' a statue, as they have different persistence conditions (flaking, squashing) [Merricks]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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'Unrestricted composition' says any two things can make up a third thing [Merricks]
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Composition as identity is false, as identity is never between a single thing and many things [Merricks]
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Composition as identity is false, as it implies that things never change their parts [Merricks]
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There is no visible difference between statues, and atoms arranged statuewise [Merricks]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object
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'Composition' says things are their parts; 'constitution' says a whole substance is an object [Merricks]
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It seems wrong that constitution entails that two objects are wholly co-located [Merricks]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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Objects decompose (it seems) into non-overlapping parts that fill its whole region [Merricks]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 13. No Identity over Time
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Eliminativism about objects gives the best understanding of the Sorites paradox [Merricks]
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