Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) and Saul A. Kripke

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

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Given that a table is made of molecules, could it not be molecular and still be this table? [Kripke]

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If we imagine this table made of ice or different wood, we are imagining a different table [Kripke]

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A different piece of wood could have been used for that table; constitution isn't identity [Wiggins on Kripke]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

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A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim]