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'Parmenides', 'Deflating Existential Consequence' and 'Possibility'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects
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Things that don't exist don't have any properties [Azzouni]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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The idea that every entity must have identity conditions is an unfortunate misunderstanding [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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Any entity has the unique property of being that specific entity [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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It is incoherent to think that a given entity depends on its kind for its existence [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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Objects need conventions for their matter, their temporal possibility, and their spatial possibility [Jubien]
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Basically, the world doesn't have ready-made 'objects'; we carve objects any way we like [Jubien]
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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 / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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If the statue is loved and the clay hated, that is about the object first qua statue, then qua clay [Jubien]
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If one entity is an object, a statue, and some clay, these come apart in at least three ways [Jubien]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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The idea of coincident objects is a last resort, as it is opposed to commonsense naturalism [Jubien]
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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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Parts seem to matter when it is just an object, but not matter when it is a kind of object [Jubien]
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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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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
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We should not regard essentialism as just nontrivial de re necessity [Jubien]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus
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Thinking of them as 'ships' the repaired ship is the original, but as 'objects' the reassembly is the original [Jubien]
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Rearranging the planks as a ship is confusing; we'd say it was the same 'object' with a different arrangement [Jubien]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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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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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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If two objects are indiscernible across spacetime, how could we decide whether or not they are the same? [Jubien]
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