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'fragments/reports', 'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence' and 'Abstract Entities'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples
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Quantum field theory suggests that there are, fundamentally, no individual things [Swoyer]
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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 / d. Coincident objects
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Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences
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Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe]
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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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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity
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Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe]
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