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'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Substance and Essence in Aristotle' and 'The Possibility of Metaphysics'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects
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To be an object at all requires identity-conditions [Lowe]
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Perhaps concrete objects are entities which are in space-time and subject to causality [Lowe]
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Our commitment to the existence of objects should depend on their explanatory value [Lowe]
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Objects are entities with full identity-conditions, but there are entities other than objects [Lowe]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought
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An object is an entity which has identity-conditions [Lowe]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
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Some things (such as electrons) can be countable, while lacking proper identity [Lowe]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties
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Criteria of identity cannot individuate objects, because they are shared among different types [Lowe]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / c. Individuation by location
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Diversity of two tigers is their difference in space-time; difference of matter is a consequence [Lowe]
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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Individuation principles identify what kind it is; identity criteria distinguish items of the same kind [Lowe]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined
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A 'substance' is an object which doesn't depend for existence on other objects [Lowe]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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The identity of composite objects isn't fixed by original composition, because how do you identify the origin? [Lowe]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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Aristotelian and Kripkean essentialism are very different theories [Witt]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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An Aristotelian essence is a nonlinguistic correlate of the definition [Witt]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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If unity is a matter of degree, then essence may also be a matter of degree [Witt]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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Essences mainly explain the existence of unified substance [Witt]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism
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An object 'endures' if it is always wholly present, and 'perdures' if different parts exist at different times [Lowe]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism
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How can you identify temporal parts of tomatoes without referring to tomatoes? [Lowe]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
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Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence [Witt]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
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A clear idea of the kind of an object must precede a criterion of identity for it [Lowe]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity
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One view is that two objects of the same type are only distinguished by differing in matter [Lowe]
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