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1. Object

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   Objects are traditionally categorized based on their persistence across time and their relation to observation. The concept of object permanence, initially described in developmental psychology regarding infants' realization that objects continue to exist when unseen, has analogs in several areas of study.
   In metaphysics, objects are often separated into substances (entities capable of independent existence) and accidents (properties inhering in substances). However…