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'Parmenides', 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' and 'Testability and Meaning'
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
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Corpuscularianism rejected not only form, but also the dependence of matter on form [Pasnau]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle
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Hylomorphism may not be a rival to science, but an abstract account of unity and endurance [Pasnau]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / c. Form as causal
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Scholastics began to see substantial form more as Aristotle's 'efficient' cause [Pasnau]
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Hylomorphism declined because scholastics made it into a testable physical theory [Pasnau]
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Scholastics made forms substantial, in a way unintended by Aristotle [Pasnau]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier
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Aquinas says a substance has one form; Scotists say it has many forms [Pasnau]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object
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Scholastic Quantity either gives a body parts, or spreads them out in a unified way [Pasnau]
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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 / 7. Substratum
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A substratum can't be 'bare', because it has a job to do [Pasnau]
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A substrate may be 'prime matter', which endures through every change [Pasnau]
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There may be different types of substrate, or temporary substrates [Pasnau]
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If a substrate gives causal support for change, quite a lot of the ingredients must endure [Pasnau]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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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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Plato says only a one has parts, and a many does not [Plato, by Harte,V]
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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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