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All the ideas for 'works', 'Notice of Fine's 'Limits of Abstraction'' and 'Aristotle on Substance'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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Aristotelian matter seriously threatens the intrinsic unity and substantiality of its object [Gill,ML]

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

9141	Abstraction theories build mathematics out of second-order equivalence principles [Cook/Ebert]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter has no place in Aristotle's theories, and passages claiming it are misread [Gill,ML]

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Prime matter is actually nothing and potentially everything (or potentially an element) [Gill,ML]