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'works', 'Varieties of Things' and 'Truth is not the Primary Epistemic Goal'
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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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