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All the ideas for 'works', 'Why Constitution is not Identity' and 'Modes of Extension: comment on Fine'

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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 / 6. Constitution of an Object

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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]

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

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

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Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons]

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Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

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Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]