Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works (all lost)', 'On the Elements of Being: I' and 'Nihilism without Self-Contradiction'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 7. Ad Hominem

14231

We should always apply someone's theory of meaning to their own utterances [Liggins]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

14232

We normally formalise 'There are Fs' with singular quantification and predication, but this may be wrong [Liggins]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8510	'Socrates is wise' means a concurrence sum contains a member of a similarity set [Williams,DC]

8508	A 'trope' is an abstract particular, the occurrence of an essence [Williams,DC]

8509	A world is completely constituted by its tropes and their connections [Williams,DC]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

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Nihilists needn't deny parts - they can just say that some of the xs are among the ys [Liggins]