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'Parmenides', 'Intro to 'Communitarianism and Individualism'' and 'In Defense of Essentialism'
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
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'Substance theorists' take modal properties as primitive, without structure, just falling under a sortal [Paul,LA]
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If an object's sort determines its properties, we need to ask what determines its sort [Paul,LA]
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Substance essentialism says an object is multiple, as falling under various different sortals [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
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Parts must belong to a created thing with a distinct form [Plato]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 5. Composition of an Object
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In Parmenides, if composition is identity, a whole is nothing more than its parts [Plato, by Harte,V]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects
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Plato says only a one has parts, and a many does not [Plato, by Harte,V]
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Anything which has parts must be one thing, and parts are of a one, not of a many [Plato]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts
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Absolutely unrestricted qualitative composition would allow things with incompatible properties [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
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It seems that the One must be composed of parts, which contradicts its being one [Plato]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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Deep essentialist objects have intrinsic properties that fix their nature; the shallow version makes it contextual [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Deep essentialists say essences constrain how things could change; modal profiles fix natures [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
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Essentialism must deal with charges of arbitrariness, and failure to reduce de re modality [Paul,LA]
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An object's modal properties don't determine its possibilities [Paul,LA]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects
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Two things relate either as same or different, or part of a whole, or the whole of the part [Plato]
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