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'Individuals without Sortals', 'Lectura' and 'Necessity and Non-Existence'
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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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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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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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'Unity' is a particularly difficult word, because things can have hidden unity [Duns Scotus]
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Could the same matter have more than one form or principle of unity? [Ayers]
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Modal features are not part of entities, because they are accounted for by the entity [Fine,K]
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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 / 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 / 6. Essence as Unifier
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What it is is fixed prior to existence or the object's worldly features [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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Essential features of an object have no relation to how things actually are [Fine,K]
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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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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
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Self-identity should have two components, its existence, and its neutral identity with itself [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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We would understand identity between objects, even if their existence was impossible [Fine,K]
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