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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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The simple existence conditions for objects are established by our practices, and are met [Thomasson]
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Ordinary objects may be not indispensable, but they are nearly unavoidable [Thomasson]
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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 / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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It is analytic that if simples are arranged chair-wise, then there is a chair [Thomasson, by Hofweber]
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Eliminativists haven't found existence conditions for chairs, beyond those of the word 'chair' [Thomasson]
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Ordinary objects are rejected, to avoid contradictions, or for greater economy in thought [Thomasson]
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To individuate people we need conventions, but conventions are made up by people [Thomasson]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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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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Plato sees an object's structure as expressible in mathematics [Plato, by Koslicki]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual
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Wherever an object exists, there are intrinsic properties instantiating every modal profile [Thomasson]
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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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If the statue and the lump are two objects, they require separate properties, so we could add their masses [Thomasson]
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Given the similarity of statue and lump, what could possibly ground their modal properties? [Thomasson]
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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 / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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Identity claims between objects are only well-formed if the categories are specified [Thomasson]
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Identical entities must be of the same category, and meet the criteria for the category [Thomasson]
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