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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 / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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Clay is intrinsically and atomically the same as statue (and that lacks 'modal properties') [Rudder Baker]
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The clay is not a statue - it borrows that property from the statue it constitutes [Rudder Baker]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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Is it possible for two things that are identical to become two separate things? [Rudder Baker]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object
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Constitution is not identity, as consideration of essential predicates shows [Rudder Baker]
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The constitution view gives a unified account of the relation of persons/bodies, statues/bronze etc [Rudder Baker]
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Statues essentially have relational properties lacked by lumps [Rudder Baker]
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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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