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Ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'From Metaphysics to Ethics' and 'On the Essence of Truth'

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

6984	Smooth reductions preserve high-level laws in the lower level [Jackson]

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

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Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo]

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We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori [Yablo]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality

6978	Baldness is just hair distribution, but the former is indeterminate, unlike the latter [Jackson]