Abstract
In his recent book, Material Beings, Peter van Inwagen presents and defends an interesting view about material objects, a view he formulates in two related theses: the Proposed Answer and Life. Roughly, the idea is this. According to the Proposed Answer, every composite material object is alive. According to Life, a (composite) material object persists through a stretch of time by living through it.1 There are people and dogs, but no cars or bikes.2
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