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Ideas for 'The Nature of Things', 'Doing Without Concepts' and 'Speaking of Objects'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / b. Need for abstracta

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Our conceptual scheme becomes more powerful when we posit abstract objects [Quine]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation

8277	I prefer 'no object without identity' to Quine's 'no entity without identity' [Lowe on Quine]

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There may be several ways to individuate things like concepts [Machery]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

8520	An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K]