Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Survival and Identity, with postscript', 'Review of Aron 'Our Knowledge of Universals'' and 'Letters to Voetius'

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5 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

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De re modal predicates are ambiguous [Lewis, by Rudder Baker]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts

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We reach concepts by clarification, or by definition, or by habitual experience [Price,HH]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

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A 'felt familiarity' with universals is more primitive than abstraction [Price,HH]

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Our understanding of 'dog' or 'house' arises from a repeated experience of concomitances [Price,HH]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

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Atheism is an atrocious and intolerable crime in any country [Descartes]