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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 / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / c. Individuation by location
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A 'thing' cannot be in two places at once, and two things cannot be in the same place at once [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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We 'individuate' kinds of object, and 'identify' particular specimens [Macdonald,C]
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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 / a. Substance
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Unlike bundles of properties, substances have an intrinsic unity [Macdonald,C]
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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 / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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The bundle theory of substance implies the identity of indiscernibles [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique
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A phenomenalist cannot distinguish substance from attribute, so must accept the bundle view [Macdonald,C]
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When we ascribe a property to a substance, the bundle theory will make that a tautology [Macdonald,C]
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Substances persist through change, but the bundle theory says they can't [Macdonald,C]
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A substance might be a sequence of bundles, rather than a single bundle [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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A statue and its matter have different persistence conditions, so they are not identical [Macdonald,C]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum
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A substance is either a bundle of properties, or a bare substratum, or an essence [Macdonald,C]
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Each substance contains a non-property, which is its substratum or bare particular [Macdonald,C]
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The substratum theory explains the unity of substances, and their survival through change [Macdonald,C]
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A substratum has the quality of being bare, and they are useless because indiscernible [Macdonald,C]
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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 / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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At different times Leibniz articulated three different versions of his so-called Law [Macdonald,C]
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The Identity of Indiscernibles is false, because it is not necessarily true [Macdonald,C]
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