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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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The idea that every entity must have identity conditions is an unfortunate misunderstanding [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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Any entity has the unique property of being that specific entity [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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It is incoherent to think that a given entity depends on its kind for its existence [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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Objects need conventions for their matter, their temporal possibility, and their spatial possibility [Jubien]
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Basically, the world doesn't have ready-made 'objects'; we carve objects any way we like [Jubien]
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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 / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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If the statue is loved and the clay hated, that is about the object first qua statue, then qua clay [Jubien]
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If one entity is an object, a statue, and some clay, these come apart in at least three ways [Jubien]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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The idea of coincident objects is a last resort, as it is opposed to commonsense naturalism [Jubien]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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Parts seem to matter when it is just an object, but not matter when it is a kind of object [Jubien]
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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 / 2. Types of Essence
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Only universals have essence [Plato, by Politis]
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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 / b. Essence not necessities
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We should not regard essentialism as just nontrivial de re necessity [Jubien]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus
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Thinking of them as 'ships' the repaired ship is the original, but as 'objects' the reassembly is the original [Jubien]
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Rearranging the planks as a ship is confusing; we'd say it was the same 'object' with a different arrangement [Jubien]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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If two objects are indiscernible across spacetime, how could we decide whether or not they are the same? [Jubien]
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