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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'Contingent Identity' and 'The Gettier Problem'

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
17571 Every physical thing is either a living organism or a simple [Inwagen]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
14064 If a statue is identical with the clay of which it is made, that identity is contingent [Gibbard]
14066 A 'piece' of clay begins when its parts stick together, separately from other clay [Gibbard]
14067 Clay and statue are two objects, which can be named and reasoned about [Gibbard]
14069 We can only investigate the identity once we have designated it as 'statue' or as 'clay' [Gibbard]
17562 The statue and lump seem to share parts, but the statue is not part of the lump [Inwagen]
17574 If you knead clay you make an infinite series of objects, but they are rearrangements, not creations [Inwagen]