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All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'Commentary on 'Posterior Analytics' and 'Real Natures and Familiar Objects'

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9 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

13795

Properties only have identity in the context of their contraries [Elder]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

13798

Maybe we should give up the statue [Elder]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

13797

The loss of an essential property means the end of an existence [Elder]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

13794

Essential properties by nature occur in clusters or packages [Elder]

13796

Essential properties are bound together, and would be lost together [Elder]

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

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

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9074	Abstraction cannot produce the concept of a 'game', as there is no one common feature [Barnes,J]

9073	Abstraction from an ambiguous concept like 'mole' will define them as the same [Barnes,J]

9072	Defining concepts by abstractions will collect together far too many attributes from entities [Barnes,J]