Single Idea 13918

[catalogued under 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects]

Full Idea

Holes are things of such a kind that they can coincide without being identical - as are, for example, shadows and spots of light.

Gist of Idea

Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical

Source

E.J. Lowe (Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence [2008], 1)

Book Reference

'Being: Developments in Contemporary Metaphysics', ed/tr. Le Poidevin,R [CUP 2008], p.28


A Reaction

His point is that they thereby fail one of the standard tests for being an 'object'.