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Metaphysics

puzzle that an ordinary object such as a cloud has many equally good candidate aggregates of parts, so there seem to be many objects where we count one.

In metaphysics, problem of the many refers to puzzle that an ordinary object such as a cloud has many equally good candidate aggregates of parts, so there seem to be many objects where we count one. This meaning comes from Unger (1980) in Midwest Studies in Philosophy.[1]

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Unger, P., & Philosophy Documentation Center (1980). The Problem of the Many. Midwest Studies in Philosophy, 5, 411-467. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1980.tb00416.x

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