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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Self, Body and Coincidence' and 'Representation in Music'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
14534 Shoemaker moved from properties as powers to properties bestowing powers [Shoemaker, by Mumford/Anjum]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
19087 The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
12167 Reference without predication is the characteristic of expression [Scruton]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language
12166 If music refers to love, it contains no predication, so it is expression, not language [Scruton]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music
12168 Music is not representational, since thoughts about a subject are never essential to it [Scruton]