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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
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Shapes and directions are of something, but games and musical compositions are not [Hale]
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Many abstract objects, such as chess, seem non-spatial, but are not atemporal [Hale]
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If the mental is non-spatial but temporal, then it must be classified as abstract [Hale]
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Being abstract is based on a relation between things which are spatially separated [Hale]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta
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The modern Fregean use of the term 'object' is much broader than the ordinary usage [Hale]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta
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We can't believe in a 'whereabouts' because we ask 'what kind of object is it?' [Hale]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object
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The 'magical' view of structural universals says they are atoms, even though they have parts [Lewis]
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If 'methane' is an atomic structural universal, it has nothing to connect it to its carbon universals [Lewis]
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The 'pictorial' view of structural universals says they are wholes made of universals as parts [Lewis]
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The structural universal 'methane' needs the universal 'hydrogen' four times over [Lewis]
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Butane and Isobutane have the same atoms, but different structures [Lewis]
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Structural universals have a necessary connection to the universals forming its parts [Lewis]
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We can't get rid of structural universals if there are no simple universals [Lewis]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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Composition is not just making new things from old; there are too many counterexamples [Lewis]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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A whole is distinct from its parts, but is not a further addition in ontology [Lewis]
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Different things (a toy house and toy car) can be made of the same parts at different times [Lewis]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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The relations featured in criteria of identity are always equivalence relations [Hale]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
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We sometimes apply identity without having a real criterion [Hale]
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