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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'Sameness and Substance' and 'Letters to Thomasius'

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

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I reject talk of 'stuff', and treat it in terms of particles [Inwagen]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Realist Conceptualists accept that our interests affect our concepts [Wiggins]

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Conceptualism says we must use our individuating concepts to grasp reality [Wiggins]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Singular terms can be vague, because they can contain predicates, which can be vague [Inwagen]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories

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Animal classifications: the Emperor's, fabulous, innumerable, like flies, stray dogs, embalmed…. [Wiggins]