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Ideas for 'The Architecture of Theories', 'Ordinary Objects' and 'Material Beings'

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates

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Every physical thing is either a living organism or a simple [Inwagen]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual

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Wherever an object exists, there are intrinsic properties instantiating every modal profile [Thomasson]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

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The statue and lump seem to share parts, but the statue is not part of the lump [Inwagen]

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If you knead clay you make an infinite series of objects, but they are rearrangements, not creations [Inwagen]

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If the statue and the lump are two objects, they require separate properties, so we could add their masses [Thomasson]

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Given the similarity of statue and lump, what could possibly ground their modal properties? [Thomasson]