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'Possibility', 'Letters to Schlick' and 'Varieties of Things'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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The idea that every entity must have identity conditions is an unfortunate misunderstanding [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / c. Individuation by location
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A 'thing' cannot be in two places at once, and two things cannot be in the same place at once [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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Any entity has the unique property of being that specific entity [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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It is incoherent to think that a given entity depends on its kind for its existence [Jubien]
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We 'individuate' kinds of object, and 'identify' particular specimens [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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Objects need conventions for their matter, their temporal possibility, and their spatial possibility [Jubien]
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Basically, the world doesn't have ready-made 'objects'; we carve objects any way we like [Jubien]
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