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'The Nature of Mental States', 'Essential Attribution' and 'The Structure of Objects'
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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I aim to put the notion of structure or form back into the concepts of part, whole and object [Koslicki]
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If a whole is just a structure, a dinner party wouldn't need the guests to turn up [Koslicki]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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The clay is just a part of the statue (its matter); the rest consists of its form or structure [Koslicki]
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Statue and clay differ in modal and temporal properties, and in constitution [Koslicki]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
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Aristotelian essentialism involves a 'natural' or 'causal' interpretation of modal operators [Marcus (Barcan)]
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Aristotelian essentialism is about shared properties, individuating essentialism about distinctive properties [Marcus (Barcan)]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / c. Form as causal
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Structure or form are right at the centre of modern rigorous modes of enquiry [Koslicki]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object
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There are at least six versions of constitution being identity [Koslicki]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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For three-dimensionalist parthood must be a three-place relation, including times [Koslicki]
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The parts may be the same type as the whole, like a building made of buildings [Koslicki]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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Wholes in modern mereology are intended to replace sets, so they closely resemble them [Koslicki]
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Wholes are entities distinct from their parts, and have different properties [Koslicki]
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Wholes are not just their parts; a whole is an entity distinct from the proper parts [Koslicki]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
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Essentialist sentences are not theorems of modal logic, and can even be false [Marcus (Barcan)]
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'Essentially' won't replace 'necessarily' for vacuous properties like snub-nosed or self-identical [Marcus (Barcan)]
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'Is essentially' has a different meaning from 'is necessarily', as they often cannot be substituted [Marcus (Barcan)]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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If essences are objects with only essential properties, they are elusive in possible worlds [Marcus (Barcan)]
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