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Ideas for 'Consciousness', 'Reference and Modality' and 'Frege Philosophy of Language (2nd ed)'

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

6531	Institutions are not reducible as types, but they are as tokens [Lycan]

6532	Types cannot be reduced, but levels of reduction are varied groupings of the same tokens [Lycan]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality

6534	One location may contain molecules, a metal strip, a key, an opener of doors, and a human tragedy [Lycan]

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

10515

Ostension is possible for concreta; abstracta can only be referred to via other objects [Dummett, by Hale]

10544

The concrete/abstract distinction seems crude: in which category is the Mistral? [Dummett]

10546

We don't need a sharp concrete/abstract distinction [Dummett]

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We can't say that light is concrete but radio waves abstract [Dummett]