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Ideas for 'works', 'Pragmatism and Objective Truth' and 'How Things Might Have Been'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

9607	The greatest discovery in human thought is Plato's discovery of abstract objects [Brown,JR on Plato]

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

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We can grasp whole things in science, because they have a mathematics and a teleology [Plato, by Koslicki]

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A principle of individuation may pinpoint identity and distinctness, now and over time [Mackie,P]

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Individuation may include counterfactual possibilities, as well as identity and persistence [Mackie,P]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

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A haecceity is the essential, simple, unanalysable property of being-this-thing [Mackie,P]