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'Parmenides', 'Thought' and 'The Universe as We Find It'
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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 / 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 / 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 / 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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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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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 / 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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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 / 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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