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Ideas for 'Topics', 'The Universe as We Find It' and 'Events'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta
18498 Abstract objects wouldn't be very popular without the implicit idea of truthmakers [Heil]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
12280 Genus gives the essence better than the differentiae do [Aristotle]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
18507 Substances bear properties, so must be simple, and not consist of further substances [Heil]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
18515 Spatial parts are just regions, but objects depend on and are made up of substantial parts [Heil]
18516 A 'gunky' universe would literally have no parts at all [Heil]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
13269 In the case of a house the parts can exist without the whole, so parts are not the whole [Aristotle]
18514 Many wholes can survive replacement of their parts [Heil]
18517 Dunes depend on sand grains, but line segments depend on the whole line [Heil]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
12284 Everything that is has one single essence [Aristotle]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
12262 An 'idion' belongs uniquely to a thing, but is not part of its essence [Aristotle]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 11. End of an Object
12290 Destruction is dissolution of essence [Aristotle]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
12286 If two things are the same, they must have the same source and origin [Aristotle]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 9. Sameness
12266 'Same' is mainly for names or definitions, but also for propria, and for accidents [Aristotle]
12287 Two identical things have the same accidents, they are the same; if the accidents differ, they're different [Aristotle]
12288 Numerical sameness and generic sameness are not the same [Aristotle]