Combining Philosophers

Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Robert C. Stalnaker and Adolph Rami

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18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content

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Meanings aren't in the head, but that is because they are abstract [Stalnaker]

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How can we know what we are thinking, if content depends on something we don't know? [Stalnaker]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

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Abstracted objects are not mental creations, but depend on equivalence between given entities [Hale/Wright]

8786	One first-order abstraction principle is Frege's definition of 'direction' in terms of parallel lines [Hale/Wright]

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Abstractionism needs existential commitment and uniform truth-conditions [Hale/Wright]

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Equivalence abstraction refers to objects otherwise beyond our grasp [Hale/Wright]