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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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Philosophy needs the precision of the unity given by substances [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
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Accidental unity has degrees, from a mob to a society to a machine or organism [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual
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We find unity in reason, and unity in perception, but these are not true unity [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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A body is a unified aggregate, unless it has an indivisible substance [Leibniz]
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Unity needs an indestructible substance, to contain everything which will happen to it [Leibniz]
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Every bodily substance must have a soul, or something analogous to a soul [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / b. Need for substance
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Aggregates don’t reduce to points, or atoms, or illusion, so must reduce to substance [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects
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Vague predicates involve uncertain properties, uncertain objects, and paradoxes of gradual change [Keefe/Smith]
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Many vague predicates are multi-dimensional; 'big' involves height and volume; heaps include arrangement [Keefe/Smith]
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If there is a precise borderline area, that is not a case of vagueness [Keefe/Smith]
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