in talking and thinking about what exists.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; In several notes to SUO list, Nicola Guarino has discussed the question
&gt; &gt; of how to distinguish an object from its underlying matter.  Are a vase
&gt; &gt; and a mass of baked clay two distinct &quot;individuals&quot; or a single something
&gt; &gt; (Whitehead called it an &quot;actual occasion&quot;) that happens to be characterized
&gt; &gt; in two different ways by people who think and talk about it?
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; My own view, w