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Ideas for 'Phenomenalism', 'Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis' and 'Letters to Leibniz 1'

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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

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A river is a process, with stages; if we consider it as one thing, we are considering a process [Quine]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

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We don't say 'red' is abstract, unlike a river, just because it has discontinuous shape [Quine]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment

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General terms don't commit us ontologically, but singular terms with substitution do [Quine]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

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Discourse generally departmentalizes itself to some degree [Quine]