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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'works' and 'Frege on Knowing the Third Realm'

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6 ideas

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 / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Given that thinking aims at truth, logic gives universal rules for how to do it [Burge]

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]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism

3449	If parallelism is true, how does the mind know about the body? [Crease]

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

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