Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Anaxarchus, Thomas Hobbes and Amie L. Thomasson

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
14487 The simple existence conditions for objects are established by our practices, and are met [Thomasson]
14485 Ordinary objects may be not indispensable, but they are nearly unavoidable [Thomasson]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / c. Individuation by location
14960 Bodies are independent of thought, and coincide with part of space [Hobbes]
17250 If you separate the two places of one thing, you will also separate the thing [Hobbes]
17249 If you separated two things in the same place, you would also separate the places [Hobbes]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
21651 It is analytic that if simples are arranged chair-wise, then there is a chair [Thomasson, by Hofweber]
14486 Eliminativists haven't found existence conditions for chairs, beyond those of the word 'chair' [Thomasson]
14467 Ordinary objects are rejected, to avoid contradictions, or for greater economy in thought [Thomasson]
14479 To individuate people we need conventions, but conventions are made up by people [Thomasson]