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'works', 'Science of Logic' and 'Word and Object'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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The notion of a physical object is by far the most useful one for science [Quine]
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Physical objects in space-time are just events or processes, no matter how disconnected [Quine]
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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 / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Mathematicians must be rational but not two-legged, cyclists the opposite. So a mathematical cyclist? [Quine]
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Cyclist are not actually essentially two-legged [Brody on Quine]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 2. Defining Identity
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We can paraphrase 'x=y' as a sequence of the form 'if Fx then Fy' [Quine]
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