Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Jonathan Tallant and Graeme Forbes
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18 ideas
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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In all instances of identity, there must be some facts to ensure the identity [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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Substance must have two properties: individuation, and property-bearing [Tallant]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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If we combined two clocks, it seems that two clocks may have become one clock. [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
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Only individual essences will ground identities across worlds in other properties [Forbes,G, by Mackie,P]
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An individual essence is a set of essential properties which only that object can have [Forbes,G]
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Non-trivial individual essence is properties other than de dicto, or universal, or relational [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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Essential properties depend on a category, and perhaps also on particular facts [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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A property is essential iff the object would not exist if it lacked that property [Forbes,G]
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Properties are trivially essential if they are not grounded in a thing's specific nature [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties
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Essential properties are those without which an object could not exist [Forbes,G]
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A relation is essential to two items if it holds in every world where they exist [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary
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Trivially essential properties are existence, self-identity, and de dicto necessities [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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A property is 'extraneously essential' if it is had only because of the properties of other objects [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 11. Essence of Artefacts
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Same parts does not ensure same artefact, if those parts could constitute a different artefact [Forbes,G]
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Artefacts have fuzzy essences [Forbes,G]
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One might be essentialist about the original bronze from which a statue was made [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
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An individual might change their sex in a world, but couldn't have differed in sex at origin [Forbes,G]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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Identities must hold because of other facts, which must be instrinsic [Forbes,G, by Mackie,P]
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