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All the ideas for 'Phenomenalism', 'Sentences' and 'Abstract Objects'

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11 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta

8915	How we refer to abstractions is much less clear than how we refer to other things [Rosen]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

2614	Modern phenomenalism holds that objects are logical constructions out of sense-data [Ayer]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

2615	The concept of sense-data allows us to discuss appearances without worrying about reality [Ayer]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

8917	The Way of Abstraction used to say an abstraction is an idea that was formed by abstracting [Rosen]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

8912	Nowadays abstractions are defined as non-spatial, causally inert things [Rosen]

8913	Chess may be abstract, but it has existed in specific space and time [Rosen]

8914	Sets are said to be abstract and non-spatial, but a set of books can be on a shelf [Rosen]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 6. Abstracta by Conflation

8916	Conflating abstractions with either sets or universals is a big claim, needing a big defence [Rosen]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

8918	Functional terms can pick out abstractions by asserting an equivalence relation [Rosen]

8919	Abstraction by equivalence relationships might prove that a train is an abstract entity [Rosen]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

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Heretics should be eradicated like wolves [Aquinas]