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Ideas for 'The Fixation of Belief', 'Speaking of Objects' and 'Three Grades of Modal Involvement'

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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]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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Aristotelian essentialism says a thing has some necessary and some non-necessary properties [Quine]