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 +[[Image:Sign and signifier as imagined by de Saussure.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Signified]] ([[concept]]) and [[signifier]] ([[sound-image]]) as imagined by [[Ferdinand de Saussure|de Saussure]]]]
 +[[Image:Five Shells on a Slab of Stone by Adriaen Coorte.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Five Shells on a Slab of Stone]]'' (1696) by [[Adriaen Coorte]]]]
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-In [[philosophy]], an '''object''' is a thing, an [[entity]], or a [[being]]. This may be taken in several senses. + 
 +An '''object''' (''something'' - some of ''Everything'', the ''face of it'') is a technical term in [[philosophy]] often used in contrast to the term ''[[Subject (philosophy)|subject]]'' (the object in focus). [[Consciousness]] is a state of [[cognition]] that includes the subject—which can never be doubted as only it can be the one who doubts–—and some object(s) that may be considered as not having [[reality|real]] or full existence or value independent of the subject who observes it. [[Metaphysics|Metaphysical]] frameworks also differ in whether they consider objects exist independently of their [[Property (philosophy)|properties]] and, if so, in what way.
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 +The [[pragmatism|pragmatist]] [[Charles Sanders Peirce|Charles S. Peirce]] defines the broad notion of an object as anything that we can think or talk about. In a general sense it is any [[entity]]: the [[pyramids]], [[Alpha Centauri]], the number [[seven]], a disbelief in [[predestination]] or the [[fear of cats]]. In a strict sense it refers to any definite [[being]].
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 +A related notion is '''objecthood'''. Objecthood is the state of being an object. One approach to defining it is in terms of objects' properties and relations. Descriptions of all bodies, minds, and persons must be in terms of their properties and relations. The philosophical question of the nature of objecthood concerns how objects are related to their properties and relations. For example it seems that the only way to describe an apple is by describing its properties and how it is related to other things. Its properties may include its redness, its size and its composition, while its relations may include "on the table", "in the room" and "being bigger than other apples".
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 +The notion of an object must address two problems: the change problem and the problem of [[substance]]. Two leading theories about objecthood are [[substance theory]], wherein substances (objects) are distinct from their properties, and [[bundle theory]], wherein objects are no more than bundles of their properties.
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* [[Abstraction]] * [[Abstraction]]

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An object (something - some of Everything, the face of it) is a technical term in philosophy often used in contrast to the term subject (the object in focus). Consciousness is a state of cognition that includes the subject—which can never be doubted as only it can be the one who doubts–—and some object(s) that may be considered as not having real or full existence or value independent of the subject who observes it. Metaphysical frameworks also differ in whether they consider objects exist independently of their properties and, if so, in what way.

The pragmatist Charles S. Peirce defines the broad notion of an object as anything that we can think or talk about. In a general sense it is any entity: the pyramids, Alpha Centauri, the number seven, a disbelief in predestination or the fear of cats. In a strict sense it refers to any definite being.

A related notion is objecthood. Objecthood is the state of being an object. One approach to defining it is in terms of objects' properties and relations. Descriptions of all bodies, minds, and persons must be in terms of their properties and relations. The philosophical question of the nature of objecthood concerns how objects are related to their properties and relations. For example it seems that the only way to describe an apple is by describing its properties and how it is related to other things. Its properties may include its redness, its size and its composition, while its relations may include "on the table", "in the room" and "being bigger than other apples".

The notion of an object must address two problems: the change problem and the problem of substance. Two leading theories about objecthood are substance theory, wherein substances (objects) are distinct from their properties, and bundle theory, wherein objects are no more than bundles of their properties.

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