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'From an Ontological Point of View', 'Parts' and 'Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysic'
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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A whole requires some unique relation which binds together all of the parts [Simons]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance
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Maybe there is only one substance, space-time or a quantum field [Heil]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique
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The substance, once the predicates are removed, remains unknown to us [Kant]
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Rather than 'substance' I use 'objects', which have properties [Heil]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail
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Does Tibbles remain the same cat when it loses its tail? [Simons]
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Tibbles isn't Tib-plus-tail, because Tibbles can survive its loss, but the sum can't [Simons]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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Statues and bronze lumps have discernible differences, so can't be identical [Heil]
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Do we reduce statues to bronze, or eliminate statues, or allow statues and bronze? [Heil]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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Without extensional mereology two objects can occupy the same position [Simons]
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