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'Material Beings', 'Plurals and Complexes' and 'Rearrangement of Particles'
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object
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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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Complex particulars are either masses, or composites, or sets [Hossack]
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The relation of composition is indispensable to the part-whole relation for individuals [Hossack]
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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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Special Composition Question: when is a thing part of something? [Inwagen]
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Leibniz's Law argues against atomism - water is wet, unlike water molecules [Hossack]
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The fusion of five rectangles can decompose into more than five parts that are rectangles [Hossack]
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