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All the ideas for 'Things qua Truthmakers', 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')' and 'Tropes'

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8 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
14401 Every proposition is entirely about being [Lewis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
8526 We might treat both tropes and substances as fundamental, so we can't presume it is just tropes [Daly]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
8527 More than one trope (even identical ones!) can occupy the same location [Daly]
8528 If tropes are linked by the existence of concurrence, a special relation is needed to link them all [Daly]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities
7401 Heat and colour don't exist, so cannot mislead about the external world [Galileo, by Tuck]
5454 Tastes, odours and colours only reside in consciousness, and would disappear with creatures [Galileo]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
16560 Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
3645 To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo]