 (i) An object can ontologically depend on other objects without being a complex that contains these objects as parts. The axis of the earth ontologically depends on the Earth, but it does not contain the Earth as a constituent. The assumption that the state of affairs a’s being F ontologically depends on a and F can therefore solve the problems that arise for the assumption that it contains a and F. Take for example Frege’s intuitive argument against the view that states of affairs contain physical objects like Vesuvius. The state of affairs Vesuvius’s being a volcano ontologically depends on Vesuvius, but it does not contain it as a part. Hence, it does not contain the lava parts that are the parts of Vesuvius. There is no need to ascribe weight etc. to the state of affairs.