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Ideas for 'Syntactic Structure', 'Anti-essentialism' and 'The Universe as We Find It'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta

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Abstract objects wouldn't be very popular without the implicit idea of truthmakers [Heil]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

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Substances bear properties, so must be simple, and not consist of further substances [Heil]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum

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For the bare particular view, properties must be features, not just groups of objects [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

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Spatial parts are just regions, but objects depend on and are made up of substantial parts [Heil]

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A 'gunky' universe would literally have no parts at all [Heil]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

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Many wholes can survive replacement of their parts [Heil]

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Dunes depend on sand grains, but line segments depend on the whole line [Heil]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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An essential property is one had in all the possible worlds where a thing exists [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

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Necessarily self-identical, or being what it is, or its world-indexed properties, aren't essential [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Bare particular anti-essentialism makes no sense within modal logic semantics [Stalnaker]