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All the ideas for 'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'Oxford Commentary on Sentences' and 'Quantification and Descriptions'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

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Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions

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Definite descriptions, unlike proper names, have a logical structure [Linsky,B]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

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That Queen Anne is dead is a 'general fact', not a fact about Queen Anne [Prior,AN]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier

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Matter and form give true unity; subject and accident is just unity 'per accidens' [Duns Scotus]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

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'Thank goodness that's over' is not like 'thank goodness that happened on Friday' [Prior,AN]