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Ideas for 'Function and Concept', 'On the Individuation of Attributes' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 3: Memory'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought

8489	The concept 'object' is too simple for analysis; unlike a function, it is an expression with no empty place [Frege]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation

18441

No entity without identity (which requires a principle of individuation) [Quine]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time

1350	Continuity is needed for existence, otherwise we would say a thing existed after it ceased to exist [Reid]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 13. No Identity over Time

21322

We treat slowly changing things as identical for the sake of economy in language [Reid]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

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Identity is familiar to common sense, but very hard to define [Reid]

1367	Identity can only be affirmed of things which have a continued existence [Reid]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine]