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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Experience First (and reply)' and 'Philosophical Remarks'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought

22320	An 'object' is just what can be referred to without possible non-existence [Wittgenstein]
	Full Idea: What I once called 'objects', simples, were simply what I could refer to without running the risk of their possible non-existence.
	From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Remarks [1930], p.72), quoted by Michael Potter - The Rise of Analytic Philosophy 1879-1930 52 'Simp'
	A reaction: For most of us, you can refer to something because you take it to be an object. For these Fregean influenced guys (e.g. Hale) something is an object because you can refer to it. Why don't they use 'object*' for their things?