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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'Languages of Art (2nd edn)' and 'Vindication of the Rights of Women'

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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]

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

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

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art

20440

Art is a referential activity, hence indefinable, but it has a set of symptoms [Goodman]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language

20439

Artistic symbols are judged by the fruitfulness of their classifications [Goodman, by Giovannelli]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 7. Ontology of Art

20438

A performance is only an instance of a work if there is not a single error [Goodman]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 2. Copies of Art

20437

A copy only becomes an 'instance' of an artwork if there is a system of notation [Goodman]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 12. Feminism

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If women share rights with men, they will exhibit similar virtues [Wollstonecraft]