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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
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The greatest discovery in human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects [Brown,JR on Plato]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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We can grasp whole things in science, because they have a mathematics and a teleology [Plato, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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Plato sees an object's structure as expressible in mathematics [Plato, by Koslicki]
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Plato was less concerned than Aristotle with the source of unity in a complex object [Plato, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance
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Plato's holds that there are three substances: Forms, mathematical entities, and perceptible bodies [Plato, by Aristotle]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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Plato says wholes are either containers, or they're atomic, or they don't exist [Plato, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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In India, upper-castes essentialize caste more than lower-castes do [Gelman]
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Essentialism is either natural to us, or an accident of our culture, or a necessary result of language [Gelman]
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Children's concepts include nonobvious features, like internal parts, functions and causes [Gelman]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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Essentialism: real or representational? sortal, causal or ideal? real particulars, or placeholders? [Gelman]
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Only universals have essence [Plato, by Politis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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Essentialism says categories have a true hidden nature which gives an object its identity [Gelman]
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Sortals are needed for determining essence - the thing must be categorised first [Gelman]
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Kind (unlike individual) essentialism assumes preexisting natural categories [Gelman]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Plato and Aristotle take essence to make a thing what it is [Plato, by Politis]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
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Kinship is essence that comes in degrees, and age groups are essences that change over time [Gelman]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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Experience does not teach us any essences of things [Spinoza]
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Essentialism comes from the cognitive need to categorise [Gelman]
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We found no evidence that mothers teach essentialism to their children [Gelman]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Essentialism is useful for predictions, but it is not the actual structure of reality [Gelman]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
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Peope favor historical paths over outward properties when determining what something is [Gelman]
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