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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'works' and 'On the Reduction of Necessity to Essence'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology

3348	If phenomenology is deprived of the synthetic a priori, it is reduced to literature [Benardete,JA on Husserl]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

16974

The nature of each logical concept is given by a collection of inference rules [Correia]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

16973

Explain logical necessity by logical consequence, or the other way around? [Correia]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]