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Ideas for 'works', 'On the Nature of Truth and Falsehood' and 'Possibility'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

9607	The greatest discovery in human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects [Brown,JR on Plato]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation

13263

We can grasp whole things in science, because they have a mathematics and a teleology [Plato, by Koslicki]

13375

The idea that every entity must have identity conditions is an unfortunate misunderstanding [Jubien]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

13393

Any entity has the unique property of being that specific entity [Jubien]

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]

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]