Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hermarchus, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury and John Heil
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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Trope theorists usually see objects as 'bundles' of tropes [Heil]
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Objects are substances, which are objects considered as the bearer of properties [Heil]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta
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Abstract objects wouldn't be very popular without the implicit idea of truthmakers [Heil]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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Substances bear properties, so must be simple, and not consist of further substances [Heil]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance
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Maybe there is only one substance, space-time or a quantum field [Heil]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique
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Rather than 'substance' I use 'objects', which have properties [Heil]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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Statues and bronze lumps have discernible differences, so can't be identical [Heil]
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Do we reduce statues to bronze, or eliminate statues, or allow statues and bronze? [Heil]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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Spatial parts are just regions, but objects depend on and are made up of substantial parts [Heil]
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A 'gunky' universe would literally have no parts at all [Heil]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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Many wholes can survive replacement of their parts [Heil]
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Dunes depend on sand grains, but line segments depend on the whole line [Heil]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus
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If you can have the boat without its current planks, and the planks with no boat, the planks aren't the boat [Heil]
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