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'Material Beings', 'Physics' and 'The Logic of Boundaryless Concepts'
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
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Form, not matter, is a thing's nature, because it is actual, rather than potential [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / c. Form as causal
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A thing's form and purpose are often the same, and form can be the initiator of change too [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier
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Unity of the form is just unity of the definition [Aristotle]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object
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In feature-generation the matter (such as bronze) endures, but in generation it doesn't [Aristotle, by Politis]
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I assume matter is particulate, made up of 'simples' [Inwagen]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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If contact causes composition, do two colliding balls briefly make one object? [Inwagen]
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If bricks compose a house, that is at least one thing, but it might be many things [Inwagen]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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I think parthood involves causation, and not just a reasonably stable spatial relationship [Inwagen]
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We can deny whole objects but accept parts, by referring to them as plurals within things [Inwagen, by Liggins]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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There is no whole except for the parts [Aristotle]
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We first sense whole entities, and then move to particular parts of it [Aristotle]
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Special Composition Question: when is a thing part of something? [Inwagen]
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