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Ideas for 'works', 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed' and 'Naming and Necessity notes and addenda'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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We might fix identities for small particulars, but it is utopian to hope for such things [Kripke]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins]

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]

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]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

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A different piece of wood could have been used for that table; constitution isn't identity [Wiggins on Kripke]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity

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A relation can clearly be reflexive, and identity is the smallest reflexive relation [Kripke]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 9. Sameness

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A vague identity may seem intransitive, and we might want to talk of 'counterparts' [Kripke]