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Ideas for 'Thinking About Mathematics', 'Monadology' and 'Four Dimensionalism'

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique

7931	If a substance is just a thing that has properties, it seems to be a characterless non-entity [Leibniz, by Macdonald,C]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If Tib is all of Tibbles bar her tail, when Tibbles loses her tail, two different things become one [Sider]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

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Artists 'create' statues because they are essentially statues, and so lack identity with the lump of clay [Sider]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects

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The stage view of objects is best for dealing with coincident entities [Sider]