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'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 4: Conception' and 'Persistence, Change and Explanation'
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism
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The persistence of objects seems to be needed if the past is to explain the present [Haslanger]
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Persistence makes change and its products intelligible [Haslanger]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 5. Temporal Parts
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We must explain change amongst 'momentary entities', or else the world is inexplicable [Haslanger]
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If the things which exist prior to now are totally distinct, they need not have existed [Haslanger]
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