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'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'How to Russell a Frege-Church' and 'Critique of Pure Reason'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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Objects in themselves are not known to us at all [Kant]
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The a priori concept of objects in general is the ground of experience [Kant]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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A substance could exist as a subject, but not as a mere predicate [Kant]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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All appearances need substance, as that which persists through change [Kant]
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Substance must exist, as the persisting substratum of the process of change [Kant]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time
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An a priori principle of persistence anticipates all experience [Kant]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity
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Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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The Identity of Indiscernibles is true of concepts with identical properties, but not of particulars [Kant, by Jolley]
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If we ignore differences between water drops, we still distinguish them by their location [Kant]
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