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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

6841	Some continental philosophers are relativists - Baudrillard, for example [Baudrillard, by Critchley]

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]

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]

16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 4. Persons as Agents

9758	To make sense of personal identity, focus on agency rather than experience [Korsgaard]

9757	A person viewed as an agent makes no sense without its own future [Korsgaard]

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

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

20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 1. Action Theory

9759	Theory of action focuses on explanation and prediction; practical action on justification and choice [Korsgaard]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest

9760	Self-concern may be a source of pain, or a lack of self-respect, or a failure of responsibility [Korsgaard]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

9761	Personal concern for one's own self widens out into concern for the impersonal [Korsgaard]