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'Individuals without Sortals', 'Metaphysics' and 'Which Logic is the Right Logic?'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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Form and matter may not make up a concrete particular, because there are also accidents like weight [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
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Objects lacking matter are intrinsic unities [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects
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Some philosophers say that in some qualified way non-existent things 'are' [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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To know a thing is to know its primary cause or explanation [Aristotle]
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Aristotle's form improves on being non-predicable as a way to identify a 'this' [Aristotle, by Wiggins]
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To express borderline cases of objects, you need the concept of an 'object' [Ayers]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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For Aristotle, things are not made individual by some essential distinguishing mark [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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Individuals within a species differ in their matter, form and motivating cause [Aristotle]
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Speakers need the very general category of a thing, if they are to think about it [Ayers]
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We use sortals to classify physical objects by the nature and origin of their unity [Ayers]
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Seeing caterpillar and moth as the same needs continuity, not identity of sortal concepts [Ayers]
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Recognising continuity is separate from sortals, and must precede their use [Ayers]
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