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All the ideas for 'Material Constitution', 'Letters to Regius' and 'Comment on Armstrong and Forrest'

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9 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals

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The main rivals to universals are resemblance or natural-class nominalism, or sparse trope theory [Lewis]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object

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We could not uphold a truthmaker for 'Fa' without structures [Lewis]

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

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Constitution is identity (being in the same place), or it isn't (having different possibilities) [Wasserman]

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Constitution is not identity, because it is an asymmetric dependence relation [Wasserman]

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There are three main objections to seeing constitution as different from identity [Wasserman]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

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The weight of a wall is not the weight of its parts, since that would involve double-counting [Wasserman]

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

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

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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Relative identity may reject transitivity, but that suggests that it isn't about 'identity' [Wasserman]

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]