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All the ideas for 'Dthat', 'Lecture on Nominalism' and 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy

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The Struthionic Fallacy is that of burying one's head in the sand [Quine]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 6. Relations in Logic

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All relations, apart from ancestrals, can be reduced to simpler logic [Quine]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 3. Mathematical Nominalism

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Nominalism rejects both attributes and classes (where extensionalism accepts the classes) [Quine]

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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]