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'Individuals without Sortals', 'A Universe from Nothing' and 'Things and Their Parts'
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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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Could the same matter have more than one form or principle of unity? [Ayers]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual
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Hierarchical set membership models objects better than the subset or aggregate relations do [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 / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object
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The matter is a relatively unstructured version of the object, like a set without membership structure [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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A 'temporary' part is a part at one time, but may not be at another, like a carburetor [Fine,K]
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A 'timeless' part just is a part, not a part at some time; some atoms are timeless parts of a water molecule [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts
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An 'aggregative' sum is spread in time, and exists whenever a component exists [Fine,K]
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An 'compound' sum is not spread in time, and only exists when all the components exists [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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Two sorts of whole have 'rigid embodiment' (timeless parts) or 'variable embodiment' (temporary parts) [Fine,K]
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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 / 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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