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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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Material objects are in space and time, move, have a surface and mass, and are made of some stuff [Inwagen]
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Maybe table-shaped particles exist, but not tables [Inwagen, by Lowe]
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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 / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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Nihilism says composition between single things is impossible [Inwagen]
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If there are no tables, but tables are things arranged tablewise, the denial of tables is a contradiction [Liggins on Inwagen]
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Actions by artefacts and natural bodies are disguised cooperations, so we don't need them [Inwagen]
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