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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 / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object
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The 'magical' view of structural universals says they are atoms, even though they have parts [Lewis]
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If 'methane' is an atomic structural universal, it has nothing to connect it to its carbon universals [Lewis]
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The 'pictorial' view of structural universals says they are wholes made of universals as parts [Lewis]
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The structural universal 'methane' needs the universal 'hydrogen' four times over [Lewis]
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Butane and Isobutane have the same atoms, but different structures [Lewis]
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Structural universals have a necessary connection to the universals forming its parts [Lewis]
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We can't get rid of structural universals if there are no simple universals [Lewis]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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Composition is not just making new things from old; there are too many counterexamples [Lewis]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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A whole is distinct from its parts, but is not a further addition in ontology [Lewis]
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Different things (a toy house and toy car) can be made of the same parts at different times [Lewis]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change
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Change of matter doesn't destroy identity - in Dion and Theon change is a condition of identity [Chrysippus, by Long/Sedley]
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