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All the ideas for 'Survival and Identity, with postscript', 'Why Constitution is not Identity' and 'Form, Matter and Substance'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Much metaphysical debate concerns what is fundamental, rather than what exists [Koslicki]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification

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Structured wholes are united by the teamwork needed for their capacities [Koslicki]

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

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Clay is intrinsically and atomically the same as statue (and that lacks 'modal properties') [Rudder Baker]

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The clay is not a statue - it borrows that property from the statue it constitutes [Rudder Baker]

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

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Is it possible for two things that are identical to become two separate things? [Rudder Baker]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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The form explains kind, structure, unity and activity [Koslicki]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

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Statues essentially have relational properties lacked by lumps [Rudder Baker]

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Constitution is not identity, as consideration of essential predicates shows [Rudder Baker]

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The constitution view gives a unified account of the relation of persons/bodies, statues/bronze etc [Rudder Baker]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Hylomorphic compounds need an individual form for transworld identity [Koslicki]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

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De re modal predicates are ambiguous [Lewis, by Rudder Baker]