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Ideas for 'Natural Kinds', 'Notes on Logic' and 'The Decline of the West'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

16939	Mass terms just concern spread, but other terms involve both spread and individuation [Quine]
	Full Idea: 'Yellow' and 'water' are mass terms, concerned only with spread; 'apple' and 'square' are terms of divided reference, concerned with both spread and individuation.
	From: Willard Quine (Natural Kinds [1969], p.124)
	A reaction: Would you like some apple? Pass me that water. It is helpful to see that it is a requirement of 'individuation' that is missing from terms for stuff.

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / d. Negative facts

22312	Facts can be both positive and negative [Wittgenstein, by Potter]
	Full Idea: In 1913 Wittgenstein was explicit that there are both positive and negative facts.
	From: report of Ludwig Wittgenstein (Notes on Logic [1913], B7) by Michael Potter - The Rise of Analytic Philosophy 1879-1930 47 'Mole'
	A reaction: This is a prelude to the Tractatus, in which negative facts are denied in T1.11 (and in a 1919 letter), but then affirmed in T2.06.