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Ideas for 'Confessions', 'Vagueness: a global approach' and 'The Structure of Science'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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I prefer a lack of form to mean non-existence, than to think of some quasi-existence [Augustine]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

3425	Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies

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Three main questions seem to be whether a thing is, what it is, and what sort it is [Augustine]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / a. Problem of vagueness

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Local indeterminacy concerns a single object, and global indeterminacy covers a range [Fine,K]

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Conjoining two indefinites by related sentences seems to produce a contradiction [Fine,K]

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Standardly vagueness involves borderline cases, and a higher standpoint from which they can be seen [Fine,K]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / c. Vagueness as ignorance

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Identifying vagueness with ignorance is the common mistake of confusing symptoms with cause [Fine,K]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / f. Supervaluation for vagueness

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Supervaluation can give no answer to 'who is the last bald man' [Fine,K]