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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
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The greatest discovery in human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects [Brown,JR on Plato]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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We can grasp whole things in science, because they have a mathematics and a teleology [Plato, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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'Substance theorists' take modal properties as primitive, without structure, just falling under a sortal [Paul,LA]
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If an object's sort determines its properties, we need to ask what determines its sort [Paul,LA]
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Substance essentialism says an object is multiple, as falling under various different sortals [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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Plato was less concerned than Aristotle with the source of unity in a complex object [Plato, by Koslicki]
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Plato sees an object's structure as expressible in mathematics [Plato, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance
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Plato's holds that there are three substances: Forms, mathematical entities, and perceptible bodies [Plato, by Aristotle]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts
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Absolutely unrestricted qualitative composition would allow things with incompatible properties [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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Plato says wholes are either containers, or they're atomic, or they don't exist [Plato, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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Only universals have essence [Plato, by Politis]
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Deep essentialist objects have intrinsic properties that fix their nature; the shallow version makes it contextual [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Plato and Aristotle take essence to make a thing what it is [Plato, by Politis]
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Deep essentialists say essences constrain how things could change; modal profiles fix natures [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Essentialism must deal with charges of arbitrariness, and failure to reduce de re modality [Paul,LA]
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An object's modal properties don't determine its possibilities [Paul,LA]
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