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All the ideas for 'Why Constitution is not Identity', 'The Sense of Reality' and 'Letters to Regius'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 1. History of Ideas

7460	The great moments are the death of Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Romanticism [Berlin, by Watson]

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]

16077

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

16080

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

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

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

16081

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

16082

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

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

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An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau]