Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Peter van Inwagen and Democritus

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates

3357	Democritus denies reality to large objects, because atomic entities can't combine to produce new ones [Benardete,JA on Democritus]

17571

Every physical thing is either a living organism or a simple [Inwagen]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

598	Democritus said that substances could never be mixed, so atoms are the substances [Democritus, by Aristotle]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

17562

The statue and lump seem to share parts, but the statue is not part of the lump [Inwagen]

17574

If you knead clay you make an infinite series of objects, but they are rearrangements, not creations [Inwagen]