Full Idea
To be an object is simply to be an entity possessing determinate identity-conditions.
Gist of Idea
An object is an entity which has identity-conditions
Source
E.J. Lowe (The Possibility of Metaphysics [1998], 2.3)
Book Reference
Lowe,E.J.: 'The Possibility of Metaphysics' [OUP 2001], p.37
A Reaction
This is a nice clear-cut claim, which sounds good, except that there may be a blurring of ontology and epistemology. Presumably the conditions are for the concept, not for an actual act of identification. Maybe we are too stupid to conceive them.