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Ideas for 'Writing the Book of the World', 'The Wanderer and his Shadow' and 'There are no ordinary things'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 9. States of Affairs

15009

We must distinguish 'concrete' from 'abstract' and necessary states of affairs. [Sider]

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

9052	Vague predicates lack application; there are no borderline cases; vague F is not F [Unger, by Keefe/Smith]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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Accept the ontology of your best theory - and also that it carves nature at the joints [Sider]