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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Nominalism and Substitutional Quantifiers' and 'Causation and Laws of Nature'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought
10796 If objects are thoughts, aren't we back to psychologism? [Marcus (Barcan)]
     Full Idea: If objects are thoughts, aren't we back to psychologism?
     From: Ruth Barcan Marcus (Nominalism and Substitutional Quantifiers [1978], p.166)
     A reaction: Personally I don't think that would be the end of the world, but Fregeans go into paroxyms at the mention of 'psychology', because they fear that it destroys objectivity. That may be because they haven't understood thought properly.
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation
14601 Individuation aims to count entities, by saying when there is one [Schaffer,J]
     Full Idea: Individuation principles are attempts to describe how to count entities in a given domain, by saying when there is one.
     From: Jonathan Schaffer (Causation and Laws of Nature [2008], 3)
     A reaction: At last, someone tells me what they mean by 'individuation'! So it is just saying what your units are prior to counting, followed (presumably) by successful counting. It seems to aim more at kinds than at particulars.