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Ideas for 'works', 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' and 'Ontological Ground of Alethic Modality'

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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]

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Scholastics say there is a genuine thing if it is 'separable' [Pasnau]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

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If you reject essences, questions of individuation become extremely difficult [Pasnau]

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Scholastics thought Quantity could be the principle of individuation [Pasnau]