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Ideas for 'In Defense of Essentialism', 'Logicism Revisited' and 'Critique of Pure Reason'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
The a priori concept of objects in general is the ground of experience [Kant]
Objects in themselves are not known to us at all [Kant]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
'Substance theorists' take modal properties as primitive, without structure, just falling under a sortal [Paul,LA]
If an object's sort determines its properties, we need to ask what determines its sort [Paul,LA]
Substance essentialism says an object is multiple, as falling under various different sortals [Paul,LA]