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All the ideas for 'The Poetics', 'The Foundations of Mathematics (2nd ed)' and 'Speaking of Objects'

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10 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

1630	We can only see an alien language in terms of our own thought structures (e.g. physical/abstract) [Quine]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / b. Commitment of quantifiers

5747	"No entity without identity" - our ontology must contain items with settled identity conditions [Quine, by Melia]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 4. Formal Relations / b. Equivalence relation

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An 'equivalence' relation is one which is reflexive, symmetric and transitive [Kunen]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

7925	There is no proper identity concept for properties, and it is hard to distinguish one from two [Quine]

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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation

1631	You could know the complete behavioural conditions for a foreign language, and still not know their beliefs [Quine]

1632	Translation of our remote past or language could be as problematic as alien languages [Quine]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

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Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]