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# generic term for whatever is the bearer of a proper name, or whatever can be referred to or designated, approximately identical with “thing.” (Source: p.482 'object' in The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy 2004) | # generic term for whatever is the bearer of a proper name, or whatever can be referred to or designated, approximately identical with “thing.” (Source: p.482 'object' in The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy 2004) | ||
| − | '''D1''' [ [[TermlistReferences#arpetal2015|Arp et al., 2015]] ] | + | '''D1''' [ [[Edu:TermlistReferences#arpetal2015|Arp et al., 2015]] ] |
* '''A material [[Edu:entity|entity]] that is (1) spatially extended in three dimensions; (2) causally unified; and (3) maximally self-connected. Examples include a single cell, a laptop, an organism, a planet, a spaceship.''' | * '''A material [[Edu:entity|entity]] that is (1) spatially extended in three dimensions; (2) causally unified; and (3) maximally self-connected. Examples include a single cell, a laptop, an organism, a planet, a spaceship.''' | ||
[[Category:Term|Term]] | [[Category:Term|Term]] | ||
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Object
Definitions
- Literally, what ‘lies before’ something. What is experienced (the object), as opposed to what experiences it (the subject). Anything which has independent existence (qualities, etc., have dependent existence); or, and perhaps more commonly in philosophy, what a change is instigated to produce, or a mental attitude is ‘directed at’ (p.281 'object' in The Routledge Dictionary of Philosophy, Fourth Edition)
- generic term for whatever is the bearer of a proper name, or whatever can be referred to or designated, approximately identical with “thing.” (Source: p.482 'object' in The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy 2004)
D1 [ Arp et al., 2015 ]
- A material entity that is (1) spatially extended in three dimensions; (2) causally unified; and (3) maximally self-connected. Examples include a single cell, a laptop, an organism, a planet, a spaceship.
