Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Daniel C. Dennett and Crispin Wright

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

9878	Contextually defined abstract terms genuinely refer to objects [Wright,C, by Dummett]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

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Sortal concepts cannot require that things don't survive their loss, because of phase sortals [Wright,C]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

7384	Words are fixed by being attached to similarity clusters, without mention of 'essences' [Dennett]