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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Reply to Fifth Objections' and 'The Varieties of Reference'

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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts

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The Generality Constraint says if you can think a predicate you can apply it to anything [Evans]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

3631	A blind man may still contain the idea of colour [Descartes]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities

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Concepts have a 'Generality Constraint', that we must know how predicates apply to them [Evans, by Peacocke]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / i. Conceptual priority

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It is unclear whether acute angles are prior to right angles, or fingers to men [Aristotle]