Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'Paradoxes: Form and Predication' and 'Extrinsic Properties'

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5 ideas

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

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Saying 'they can become a set' is a tautology, because reference to 'they' implies a collection [Cargile]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]

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Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

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Total intrinsic properties give us what a thing is [Lewis]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

7628	Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund]