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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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The idea that every entity must have identity conditions is an unfortunate misunderstanding [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
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Any entity has the unique property of being that specific entity [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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It is incoherent to think that a given entity depends on its kind for its existence [Jubien]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
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Objects need conventions for their matter, their temporal possibility, and their spatial possibility [Jubien]
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Basically, the world doesn't have ready-made 'objects'; we carve objects any way we like [Jubien]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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Philosophy needs the precision of the unity given by substances [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
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Accidental unity has degrees, from a mob to a society to a machine or organism [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual
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We find unity in reason, and unity in perception, but these are not true unity [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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A body is a unified aggregate, unless it has an indivisible substance [Leibniz]
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Unity needs an indestructible substance, to contain everything which will happen to it [Leibniz]
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Every bodily substance must have a soul, or something analogous to a soul [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / b. Need for substance
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Aggregates don’t reduce to points, or atoms, or illusion, so must reduce to substance [Leibniz]
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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 the statue is loved and the clay hated, that is about the object first qua statue, then qua clay [Jubien]
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If one entity is an object, a statue, and some clay, these come apart in at least three ways [Jubien]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects
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The idea of coincident objects is a last resort, as it is opposed to commonsense naturalism [Jubien]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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Parts seem to matter when it is just an object, but not matter when it is a kind of object [Jubien]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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Basic predicates give the complete concept, which then predicts all of the actions [Leibniz]
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Essences exist in the divine understanding [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Bodies need a soul (or something like it) to avoid being mere phenomena [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
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We should not regard essentialism as just nontrivial de re necessity [Jubien]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species
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Truths about species are eternal or necessary, but individual truths concern what exists [Leibniz]
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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 / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus
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Thinking of them as 'ships' the repaired ship is the original, but as 'objects' the reassembly is the original [Jubien]
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Rearranging the planks as a ship is confusing; we'd say it was the same 'object' with a different arrangement [Jubien]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
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If two objects are indiscernible across spacetime, how could we decide whether or not they are the same? [Jubien]
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