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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

16058

Dion and Theon coexist, but Theon lacks a foot. If Dion loses a foot, he ousts Theon? [Chrysippus, by Philo of Alexandria]

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

17643

Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

11993

Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary

11997

A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

11992

Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change

16059

Change of matter doesn't destroy identity - in Dion and Theon change is a condition of identity [Chrysippus, by Long/Sedley]