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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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Doesn't each thing have an essence, just as it has other qualities? [Plato]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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Things don't have every attribute, and essence isn't private, so each thing has an essence [Plato]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Is the being or essence of each thing private to each person? [Plato]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
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If identity is based on 'true of X' instead of 'property of X' we get the Masked Man fallacy ('I know X but not Y') [Baggini /Fosl, by PG]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity
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'I have the same car as you' is fine; 'I have the same fiancée as you' is not so good [Baggini /Fosl]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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If we made a perfect duplicate of Cratylus, there would be two Cratyluses [Plato]
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Leibniz's Law is about the properties of objects; the Identity of Indiscernibles is about perception of objects [Baggini /Fosl]
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