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'Philosophical Explanations', 'New Essays on Human Understanding' and 'Sententia on 'Posterior Analytics''
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
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Real (non-logical) abstract terms are either essences or accidents [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta
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Wholly uniform things like space and numbers are mere abstractions [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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The only way we can determine individuals is by keeping hold of them [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties
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If two individuals could be indistinguishable, there could be no principle of individuation [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / c. Individuation by location
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We use things to distinguish places and times, not vice versa [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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No two things are quite the same, so there must be an internal principle of distinction [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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Fluidity is basic, and we divide into bodies according to our needs [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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Individuality is in the bond substance gives between past and future [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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Substances cannot be bare, but have activity as their essence [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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We can imagine two bodies interpenetrating, as two rays of light seem to [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects
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The essence of baldness is vague and imperfect [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum
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A 'substratum' is just a metaphor for whatever supports several predicates [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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Particular truths are just instances of general truths [Leibniz]
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We can't know individuals, or determine their exact individuality [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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Essence is just the possibility of a thing [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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If you fully understand a subject and its qualities, you see how the second derive from the first [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species
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For some sorts, a member of it is necessarily a member [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 12. Essential Parts
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The same whole ceases to exist if a part is lost [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
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We have a distinct idea of gold, to define it, but not a perfect idea, to understand it [Leibniz]
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If two people apply a single term to different resemblances, they refer to two different things [Leibniz]
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Locke needs many instances to show a natural kind, but why not a single instance? [Leibniz, by Jolley]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus
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Bodies, like Theseus's ship, are only the same in appearance, and never strictly the same [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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No two things are totally identical [Leibniz]
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