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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 / e. Individuation by kind
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We never single out just 'this', but always 'this something-or-other' [Wiggins]
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Sortal predications are answers to the question 'what is x?' [Wiggins]
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A river may change constantly, but not in respect of being a river [Wiggins]
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Sortal classification becomes science, with cross reference clarifying individuals [Wiggins]
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If the kinds are divided realistically, they fall into substances [Wiggins]
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'Human being' is a better answer to 'what is it?' than 'poet', as the latter comes in degrees [Wiggins]
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Secondary substances correctly divide primary substances by activity-principles and relations [Wiggins]
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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 / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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We refer to persisting substances, in perception and in thought, and they aid understanding [Wiggins]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object
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Matter underlies things, composes things, and brings them to be [Wiggins]
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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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