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Ideas for 'works', 'In Defense of Essentialism' and 'The Mirage of Social Justice'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

9607	The greatest discovery in human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects [Brown,JR on Plato]

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]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

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'Substance theorists' take modal properties as primitive, without structure, just falling under a sortal [Paul,LA]

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If an object's sort determines its properties, we need to ask what determines its sort [Paul,LA]

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Substance essentialism says an object is multiple, as falling under various different sortals [Paul,LA]