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All the ideas for 'Dthat', 'Preface to 'De Revolutionibus'' and 'On the Individuation of Attributes'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

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Because things can share attributes, we cannot individuate attributes clearly [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism

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You only know an attribute if you know what things have it [Quine]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation

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No entity without identity (which requires a principle of individuation) [Quine]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

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Facts should be deducible from the theory and initial conditions, and prefer the simpler theory [Osiander, by Harré/Madden]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

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Are causal descriptions part of the causal theory of reference, or are they just metasemantic? [Kaplan, by Schaffer,J]