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'Metaphysics: the logical approach', 'Essence and Accident' and 'Lectures 1930-32 (student notes)'
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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Why should packed-together particles be a thing (Mt Everest), but not scattered ones? [Benardete,JA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Could a horse lose the essential property of being a horse, and yet continue to exist? [Benardete,JA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
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In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change
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If a soldier continues to exist after serving as a soldier, does the wind cease to exist after it ceases to blow? [Benardete,JA]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers
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One can step into the same river twice, but not into the same water [Benardete,JA]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 11. End of an Object
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Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
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Absolutists might accept that to exist is relative, but relative to what? How about relative to itself? [Benardete,JA]
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Maybe self-identity isn't existence, if Pegasus can be self-identical but non-existent [Benardete,JA]
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