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1、P&ceviiIntroduction3PartIAmalyslsIComputation2Irreduction3Realism4Parti<y5physicsPadUCorstnctlom6Flex&slop7Regiitration-I8Registration-I19Middledistance10Transition11Metaphysics12ConclusionIrdmxmsSectionsFiesSidebarsTopicsNamesR$ercncesAfewyearsago,ataworksho
2、pontheperceptionofobjects,Iraisedaquestionaboutoneofthephilosophers'ontologicalas-sumptions,whichseemedtomealtogethertooneat.Iwascon-cernedaboutbasicissuesofobjectidentity-aboutwhatmakesanewspaperintoasingleentityasopposedtoalargenumberofseparatepiecesofpaper,w
3、hatdistinguishestheheadachethatIhadthismorningfromtheoneIhadlastnight,whatitisforMicrosoftWordonPCStobe"thesameprogramnasMicro-softWordontheMac-Itisdtficuittojndinltj2anyeventwhichso@c-intosh.Iwasparticu-tuaUyco~esintensenervoussensationintothelarlytroubledbyho
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5、hand,cyr.andheadknowle&eofpresumptionsuchwhentostrikeandhowtodoit;knowle&eofwaterontologicalquestionsandrock,andoftheonehundrvdcombinationshnddeterminatewhichdandwatercanassume-jiirthesetwoanswers.things,rockandwater,takenintheabshact,fiilasOverlunch,sev-comple
6、tebtoconveyanyideaoftheirjmeembrac-era1peoplepushedtheingsinthethroesofarapidasthefiburningqui-worryaside,asifitwerePtlyinadrawing-roomjrvplacefiihtoconveytheamatterofinternalthe-ideaofahousewrappedandsheetedinfimes.oreticalhygiene."Don't-SirWilliamFrancisBuda(
7、1982)someoneas-suredme;"mostphilosopherswouldinsistonpreciseindividua-tioncriteria."Sureenough,mostdo-Iknewthat.Myques-tionwaswhy-whethersuchpresumptionswerewarranted.AndIhadaspecialreasonforasking.Havingspentmorethantwenty-fiveyearsworkinginthetrenchesofpracti
8、cingcom-puterscience,inalong-termefforttodevelopanempiricallyre-OntheOriginotObjectssponsibletheoryofcomputation,Ihadnevermetsuchalogicallypureentity,nevermetsuchalapidaryin
