Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Thrasymachus, Alexander R. Pruss and Lynne Rudder Baker

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8 ideas

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

16078

Clay is intrinsically and atomically the same as statue (and that lacks 'modal properties') [Rudder Baker]

16077

The clay is not a statue - it borrows that property from the statue it constitutes [Rudder Baker]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects

16080

Is it possible for two things that are identical to become two separate things? [Rudder Baker]

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

16082

Statues essentially have relational properties lacked by lumps [Rudder Baker]

16076

Constitution is not identity, as consideration of essential predicates shows [Rudder Baker]

16081

The constitution view gives a unified account of the relation of persons/bodies, statues/bronze etc [Rudder Baker]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

12468

A state of affairs is only possible if there has been an actual substance to initiate it [Pruss]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1558	Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice [Thrasymachus]