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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' and 'Metaphysics: the logical approach'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
23466 Objects are the substance of the world [Wittgenstein]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples
23467 Objects are simple [Wittgenstein]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
23468 Apart from the facts, there is only substance [Wittgenstein]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
3304 Why should packed-together particles be a thing (Mt Everest), but not scattered ones? [Benardete,JA]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
3350 Could a horse lose the essential property of being a horse, and yet continue to exist? [Benardete,JA]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
22321 To know an object we must know the form and content of its internal properties [Wittgenstein, by Potter]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change
3309 If a soldier continues to exist after serving as a soldier, does the wind cease to exist after it ceases to blow? [Benardete,JA]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers
3351 One can step into the same river twice, but not into the same water [Benardete,JA]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
6056 Identity is not a relation between objects [Wittgenstein]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 2. Defining Identity
22322 You can't define identity by same predicates, because two objects with same predicates is assertable [Wittgenstein]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
6057 Two things can't be identical, and self-identity is an empty concept [Wittgenstein]
3314 Absolutists might accept that to exist is relative, but relative to what? How about relative to itself? [Benardete,JA]
3323 Maybe self-identity isn't existence, if Pegasus can be self-identical but non-existent [Benardete,JA]