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14 ideas
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 / 1. Structure of an Object
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Structural properties involve dispositionality, so cannot be used to explain it [Martin,CB]
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Structures don't explain dispositions, because they consist of dispositions [Martin,CB]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum
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I favour the idea of a substratum for properties; spacetime seems to be just a bearer of properties [Martin,CB]
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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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Properly understood, wholes do no more causal work than their parts [Martin,CB]
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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 / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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Only abstract things can have specific and full identity specifications [Martin,CB]
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The concept of 'identity' must allow for some changes in properties or parts [Martin,CB]
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