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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta
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Abstract objects wouldn't be very popular without the implicit idea of truthmakers [Heil]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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We never single out just 'this', but always 'this something-or-other' [Wiggins]
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Sortal predications are answers to the question 'what is x?' [Wiggins]
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A river may change constantly, but not in respect of being a river [Wiggins]
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Sortal classification becomes science, with cross reference clarifying individuals [Wiggins]
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If the kinds are divided realistically, they fall into substances [Wiggins]
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'Human being' is a better answer to 'what is it?' than 'poet', as the latter comes in degrees [Wiggins]
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Secondary substances correctly divide primary substances by activity-principles and relations [Wiggins]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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Substances bear properties, so must be simple, and not consist of further substances [Heil]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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We refer to persisting substances, in perception and in thought, and they aid understanding [Wiggins]
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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 / 3. Matter of an Object
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Matter underlies things, composes things, and brings them to be [Wiggins]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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Spatial parts are just regions, but objects depend on and are made up of substantial parts [Heil]
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A 'gunky' universe would literally have no parts at all [Heil]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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Many wholes can survive replacement of their parts [Heil]
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Dunes depend on sand grains, but line segments depend on the whole line [Heil]
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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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