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'works', 'The Mind in Nature' and 'Scientific Thought'
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object
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Structural properties involve dispositionality, so cannot be used to explain it [Martin,CB]
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Structures don't explain dispositions, because they consist of dispositions [Martin,CB]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
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The unmoved mover and the soul show Aristotelian form as the ultimate mereological atom [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier
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The 'form' is the recipe for building wholes of a particular kind [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum
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I favour the idea of a substratum for properties; spacetime seems to be just a bearer of properties [Martin,CB]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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Properly understood, wholes do no more causal work than their parts [Martin,CB]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism
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A thing is simply a long event, linked by qualities, and spatio-temporal unity [Broad]
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If short-lived happenings like car crashes are 'events', why not long-lived events like Dover Cliffs? [Broad]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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Only abstract things can have specific and full identity specifications [Martin,CB]
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The concept of 'identity' must allow for some changes in properties or parts [Martin,CB]
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