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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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Complex particulars are either masses, or composites, or sets [Hossack]
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The relation of composition is indispensable to the part-whole relation for individuals [Hossack]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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Leibniz's Law argues against atomism - water is wet, unlike water molecules [Hossack]
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The fusion of five rectangles can decompose into more than five parts that are rectangles [Hossack]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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Essentialism says some of a thing's properties are necessary, and could not be absent [Cartwright,R]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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The difficulty in essentialism is deciding the grounds for rating an attribute as essential [Cartwright,R]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Essentialism is said to be unintelligible, because relative, if necessary truths are all analytic [Cartwright,R]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
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An act of ostension doesn't seem to need a 'sort' of thing, even of a very broad kind [Cartwright,R]
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