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'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Parmenides' and 'Frege Philosophy of Language (2nd ed)'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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Concrete objects such as sounds and smells may not be possible objects of ostension [Dummett]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
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Abstract objects may not cause changes, but they can be the subject of change [Dummett]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / b. Need for abstracta
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If we can intuitively apprehend abstract objects, this makes them observable and causally active [Dummett]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta
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Abstract objects must have names that fall within the range of some functional expression [Dummett]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta
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If a genuine singular term needs a criterion of identity, we must exclude abstract nouns [Dummett, by Hale]
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Abstract objects can never be confronted, and need verbal phrases for reference [Dummett]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought
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There is a modern philosophical notion of 'object', first introduced by Frege [Dummett]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
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Parts must belong to a created thing with a distinct form [Plato]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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In Parmenides, if composition is identity, a whole is nothing more than its parts [Plato, by Harte,V]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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Plato says only a one has parts, and a many does not [Plato, by Harte,V]
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Anything which has parts must be one thing, and parts are of a one, not of a many [Plato]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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It seems that the One must be composed of parts, which contradicts its being one [Plato]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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Two things relate either as same or different, or part of a whole, or the whole of the part [Plato]
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