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'Necessary Existents', 'Abstract Objects' and 'What is the Source of Knowledge of Modal Truths?'
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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 / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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The essence of lumps and statues shows that two objects coincide but are numerically distinct [Lowe]
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The essence of a bronze statue shows that it could be made of different bronze [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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Grasping an essence is just grasping a real definition [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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Explanation can't give an account of essence, because it is too multi-faceted [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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If we must know some entity to know an essence, we lack a faculty to do that [Lowe]
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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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