Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hermarchus, Gareth Evans and Baruch de Spinoza
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
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A thing is unified if its parts produce a single effect [Spinoza]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / b. Need for substance
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Spinoza implies that thought is impossible without the notion of substance [Spinoza, by Scruton]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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Substance is the power of self-actualisation [Spinoza, by Lord]
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Substance is that of which an independent conception can be formed [Spinoza]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects
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If a=b is indeterminate, then a=/=b, and so there cannot be indeterminate identity [Evans, by Thomasson]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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The essence of a thing is what is required for it to exist or be conceived [Spinoza]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Essence gives existence and conception to things, and is inseparable from them [Spinoza]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
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Nothing is essential if it is in every part, and is common to everything [Spinoza]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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All natures of things produce some effect [Spinoza]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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Experience does not teach us any essences of things [Spinoza]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 11. End of an Object
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Only an external cause can destroy something [Spinoza]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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There can't be vague identity; a and b must differ, since a, unlike b, is only vaguely the same as b [Evans, by PG]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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There cannot be two substances with the same attributes [Spinoza]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 8. Leibniz's Law
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Two substances can't be the same if they have different attributes [Spinoza]
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