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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 / 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 / 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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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism
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3-D says things are stretched in space but not in time, and entire at a time but not at a location [Fine,K]
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Genuine motion, rather than variation of position, requires the 'entire presence' of the object [Fine,K]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism
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4-D says things are stretched in space and in time, and not entire at a time or at a location [Fine,K]
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You can ask when the wedding was, but not (usually) when the bride was [Fine,K, by Simons]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 5. Temporal Parts
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Three-dimensionalist can accept temporal parts, as things enduring only for an instant [Fine,K]
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