Puzzles of Material Constitution in Philosophy 

An introduction to the philosophical puzzle of material constitution. How is it that material (i.e. physical) things make up other material things? Can two different things occupy the same place at the same time?
Famous examples of this puzzle include the ship of Theseus, Tib and Tibbles, and the lump of clay.
This philosophical topic land squarely in the branch of philosophy known as metaphysics. Material constitution is an example of the sort of philosophical puzzles one might encounter in a college-level metaphysics course, or introduction to philosophy course.
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Further Reading
“Material Constitution” by Ryan Wasserman in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/ma...
"Constitution" by Ted Sider in The Riddles of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics by Conee and Sider.
"Material Composition" by David Cornell in The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
iep.utm.edu/mat-comp/#SH1b
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