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'Individuals without Sortals', 'Review: Meinong 'Uber die Stellung...'' and 'System of Logic'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects
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On Meinong's principles 'the existent round square' has to exist [Russell]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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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 / e. Individuation by kind
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Recognising continuity is separate from sortals, and must precede their use [Ayers]
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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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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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Could the same matter have more than one form or principle of unity? [Ayers]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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If there are two objects, then 'that marble, man-shaped object' is ambiguous [Ayers]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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Whatever is made up of parts is made up of parts of those parts [Mill]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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Sortals basically apply to individuals [Ayers]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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The essence is that without which a thing can neither be, nor be conceived to be [Mill]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 5. Temporal Parts
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You can't have the concept of a 'stage' if you lack the concept of an object [Ayers]
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Temporal 'parts' cannot be separated or rearranged [Ayers]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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Some say a 'covering concept' completes identity; others place the concept in the reference [Ayers]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
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If diachronic identities need covering concepts, why not synchronic identities too? [Ayers]
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