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'fragments/reports', 'Individuals without Sortals' and 'Every Thing Must Go'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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Things are constructs for tracking patterns (and not linguistic, because animals do it) [Ladyman/Ross]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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To express borderline cases of objects, you need the concept of an 'object' [Ayers]
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14950
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Maybe individuation can be explained by thermodynamic depth [Ladyman/Ross]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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Speakers need the very general category of a thing, if they are to think about it [Ayers]
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We use sortals to classify physical objects by the nature and origin of their unity [Ayers]
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Seeing caterpillar and moth as the same needs continuity, not identity of sortal concepts [Ayers]
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17511
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Recognising continuity is separate from sortals, and must precede their use [Ayers]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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Physics seems to imply that we must give up self-subsistent individuals [Ladyman/Ross]
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There is no single view of individuals, because different sciences operate on different scales [Ladyman/Ross]
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14946
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There are no cats in quantum theory, and no mountains in astrophysics [Ladyman/Ross]
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