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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Review of Bob Hale's 'Abstract Objects'' and 'Noneism or Allism?'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

9184	We can't presume that all interesting concepts can be analysed [Williamson]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

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We can quantify over fictions by quantifying for real over their names [Lewis]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification

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We could quantify over impossible objects - as bundles of properties [Lewis]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism

9183	Platonism claims that some true assertions have singular terms denoting abstractions, so abstractions exist [Williamson]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

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'Allists' embrace the existence of all controversial entities; 'noneists' reject all but the obvious ones [Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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We can't accept a use of 'existence' that says only some of the things there are actually exist [Lewis]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]