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'Parmenides', 'The Handbook [Encheiridion]' and 'On the Plurality of Worlds'
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
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Parts must belong to a created thing with a distinct form [Plato]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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In Parmenides, if composition is identity, a whole is nothing more than its parts [Plato, by Harte,V]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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Plato says only a one has parts, and a many does not [Plato, by Harte,V]
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Anything which has parts must be one thing, and parts are of a one, not of a many [Plato]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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It seems that the One must be composed of parts, which contradicts its being one [Plato]
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Mereological composition is unrestricted: any class of things has a mereological sum [Lewis]
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There are no restrictions on composition, because they would be vague, and composition can't be vague [Lewis, by Sider]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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An essential property is one possessed by all counterparts [Lewis, by Elder]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time
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A thing 'perdures' if it has separate temporal parts, and 'endures' if it is wholly present at different times [Lewis]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change
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Properties cannot be relations to times, if there are temporary properties which are intrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism
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Endurance is the wrong account, because things change intrinsic properties like shape [Lewis]
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There are three responses to the problem that intrinsic shapes do not endure [Lewis]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
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I can ask questions which create a context in which origin ceases to be essential [Lewis]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
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Identity is simple - absolutely everything is self-identical, and nothing is identical to another thing [Lewis]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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Two things can never be identical, so there is no problem [Lewis]
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Two things relate either as same or different, or part of a whole, or the whole of the part [Plato]
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