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Ideas for 'Good and Evil', 'Seven Quodlibets' and 'Contingent Identity'

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Cut wood doesn't make a new substance, but seems to make separate subjects [William of Ockham]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

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If a statue is identical with the clay of which it is made, that identity is contingent [Gibbard]

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A 'piece' of clay begins when its parts stick together, separately from other clay [Gibbard]

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Clay and statue are two objects, which can be named and reasoned about [Gibbard]

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We can only investigate the identity once we have designated it as 'statue' or as 'clay' [Gibbard]