Lexicon of Arguments

 

Def accident/Simons: a moment that is constantly dependent on its foundation is an accident.
I 306
Def substrate/Simons: the foundation of an accident is called substrate or just "substrate of the accident":

DD7 (N)(x acc y ≡ N(t) N(Ex_t x ⊃ Ex_t y ∧ ~y ≤ x) ∧ ~ N E! y)

Relational Accident/SimonsVsTradition: a relational accident does exist, i.e. those that are based in more than one substrate: e.g. the collision of two bodies. It could not have happened with other bodies (modal rigidity) and both bodies must exist at the time (temporal rigidity) even if one or both are destroyed in the accident. Also:
e.g.: weddings, divorces, football matches. There is nothing mysterious about this.
>Events, >Mereology.
I 309

Def substance/Simons: a substrate that is not an accident is called a substance.

DD8 (N) sub x ≡ (Ey)[y acc x ] ∧ ~(Ey)[x acc y])

I.e. a substance is a "final substrate" (ultimate).
Primary substance/Aristotle/Simons: a primary substance is to be captured by it, e.g. people, chairs, stars.
I 342
Substance/substrate/carrier/Simons: a substance or substrate could simply be put to rest with Husserl's foundation.
SimonsVsHusserl: his analysis allows for this, but it does not include it.
>Substance, >E. Husserl.
I 349
It is not the statue that melts, but the substrate changes. At high temperatures there is no sculpture. Only at intermediate temperatures, "bronze and statue have the same temperature." Superposition: the superposition may diverge.
>Statue/Clay.