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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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To be an object at all requires identity-conditions [Lowe]
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Our commitment to the existence of objects should depend on their explanatory value [Lowe]
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Objects are entities with full identity-conditions, but there are entities other than objects [Lowe]
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Perhaps concrete objects are entities which are in space-time and subject to causality [Lowe]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought
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An object is an entity which has identity-conditions [Lowe]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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Some things (such as electrons) can be countable, while lacking proper identity [Lowe]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties
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Criteria of identity cannot individuate objects, because they are shared among different types [Lowe]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / c. Individuation by location
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Diversity of two tigers is their difference in space-time; difference of matter is a consequence [Lowe]
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A 'thing' cannot be in two places at once, and two things cannot be in the same place at once [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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Individuation principles identify what kind it is; identity criteria distinguish items of the same kind [Lowe]
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We 'individuate' kinds of object, and 'identify' particular specimens [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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Unlike bundles of properties, substances have an intrinsic unity [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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A 'substance' is an object which doesn't depend for existence on other objects [Lowe]
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The bundle theory of substance implies the identity of indiscernibles [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique
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A phenomenalist cannot distinguish substance from attribute, so must accept the bundle view [Macdonald,C]
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When we ascribe a property to a substance, the bundle theory will make that a tautology [Macdonald,C]
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Substances persist through change, but the bundle theory says they can't [Macdonald,C]
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A substance might be a sequence of bundles, rather than a single bundle [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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A statue and its matter have different persistence conditions, so they are not identical [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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The identity of composite objects isn't fixed by original composition, because how do you identify the origin? [Lowe]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum
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A substance is either a bundle of properties, or a bare substratum, or an essence [Macdonald,C]
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Each substance contains a non-property, which is its substratum or bare particular [Macdonald,C]
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The substratum theory explains the unity of substances, and their survival through change [Macdonald,C]
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A substratum has the quality of being bare, and they are useless because indiscernible [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism
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An object 'endures' if it is always wholly present, and 'perdures' if different parts exist at different times [Lowe]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism
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How can you identify temporal parts of tomatoes without referring to tomatoes? [Lowe]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
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A clear idea of the kind of an object must precede a criterion of identity for it [Lowe]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity
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One view is that two objects of the same type are only distinguished by differing in matter [Lowe]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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At different times Leibniz articulated three different versions of his so-called Law [Macdonald,C]
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The Identity of Indiscernibles is false, because it is not necessarily true [Macdonald,C]
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