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'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Disputationes metaphysicae' and 'Dion and Theon: an essentialist solution'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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Persistence conditions cannot contradict, so there must be a 'dominant sortal' [Burke,M, by Hawley]
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The 'dominant' of two coinciding sortals is the one that entails the widest range of properties [Burke,M, by Sider]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
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'The rock' either refers to an object, or to a collection of parts, or to some stuff [Burke,M, by Wasserman]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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Substances are incomplete unless they have modes [Suárez, by Pasnau]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail
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Tib goes out of existence when the tail is lost, because Tib was never the 'cat' [Burke,M, by Sider]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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Sculpting a lump of clay destroys one object, and replaces it with another one [Burke,M, by Wasserman]
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Burke says when two object coincide, one of them is destroyed in the process [Burke,M, by Hawley]
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Maybe the clay becomes a different lump when it becomes a statue [Burke,M, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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Two entities can coincide as one, but only one of them (the dominant sortal) fixes persistence conditions [Burke,M, by Sider]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
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Forms must rule over faculties and accidents, and are the source of action and unity [Suárez]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier
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Partial forms of leaf and fruit are united in the whole form of the tree [Suárez]
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The best support for substantial forms is the co-ordinated unity of a natural being [Suárez]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object
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We can get at the essential nature of 'quantity' by knowing bulk and extension [Suárez]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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We only know essences through non-essential features, esp. those closest to the essence [Suárez]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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Identity does not exclude possible or imagined difference [Suárez, by Boulter]
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Real Essential distinction: A and B are of different natural kinds [Suárez, by Boulter]
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Minor Real distinction: B needs A, but A doesn't need B [Suárez, by Boulter]
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Major Real distinction: A and B have independent existences [Suárez, by Boulter]
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Conceptual/Mental distinction: one thing can be conceived of in two different ways [Suárez, by Boulter]
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Modal distinction: A isn't B or its property, but still needs B [Suárez, by Boulter]
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