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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 / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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Leibniz moved from individuation by whole entity to individuation by substantial form [Leibniz, by Garber]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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The laws-of-the-series plays a haecceitist role [Leibniz, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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Identity of a substance is the law of its persistence [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual
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Leibniz bases pure primitive entities on conjunctions of qualitative properties [Leibniz, by Adams,RM]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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Leibnizian substances add concept, law, force, form and soul [Leibniz, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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Substances are essentially active [Leibniz, by Jolley]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / c. Form as causal
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Leibniz strengthened hylomorphism by connecting it to force in physics [Leibniz, by Garber]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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Leibniz's view (that all properties are essential) is extreme essentialism, not its denial [Leibniz, by Mackie,P]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Leibniz was not an essentialist [Leibniz, by Wiggins]
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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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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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Two eggs can't be identical, because the same truths can't apply to both of them [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 9. Sameness
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Things are the same if one can be substituted for the other without loss of truth [Leibniz]
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