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'fragments/reports', 'Contingent Identity' and 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd ed 1977)'
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail
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Dion and Theon coexist, but Theon lacks a foot. If Dion loses a foot, he ousts Theon? [Chrysippus, by Philo of Alexandria]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
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If a statue is identical with the clay of which it is made, that identity is contingent [Gibbard]
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A 'piece' of clay begins when its parts stick together, separately from other clay [Gibbard]
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Clay and statue are two objects, which can be named and reasoned about [Gibbard]
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We can only investigate the identity once we have designated it as 'statue' or as 'clay' [Gibbard]
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