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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'Aesthetics' and 'Commentary on 'Physics''

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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]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence [Averroes]

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 / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics

8108	Aesthetics presupposes a distinctive sort of experience, and a unified essence for art [Gardner]

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

8112	Art works originate in the artist's mind, and appreciation is re-creating this mental object [Gardner]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 5. Objectivism in Art

8111	Aesthetic objectivists must explain pleasure being essential, but not in the object [Gardner]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / d. Subjective value

8109	Aesthetic judgements necessarily require first-hand experience, unlike moral judgements [Gardner]