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Ideas for 'On What Grounds What', 'The Universe as We Find It' and 'Necessary Beings'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta
18498 Abstract objects wouldn't be very popular without the implicit idea of truthmakers [Heil]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
18507 Substances bear properties, so must be simple, and not consist of further substances [Heil]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
19302 If a chair could be made of slightly different material, that could lead to big changes [Hale]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
18515 Spatial parts are just regions, but objects depend on and are made up of substantial parts [Heil]
18516 A 'gunky' universe would literally have no parts at all [Heil]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
18514 Many wholes can survive replacement of their parts [Heil]
18517 Dunes depend on sand grains, but line segments depend on the whole line [Heil]
13742 There exist heaps with no integral unity, so we should accept arbitrary composites in the same way [Schaffer,J]
13752 The notion of 'grounding' can explain integrated wholes in a way that mere aggregates can't [Schaffer,J]