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All the ideas for 'Extrinsic Properties', 'Schopenhauer' and 'Science and Hypothesis'

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6 ideas

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

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Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects [Poincaré]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]

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Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

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Total intrinsic properties give us what a thing is [Lewis]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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Fichte, Schelling and Hegel rejected transcendental idealism [Lewis,PB]

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Fichte, Hegel and Schelling developed versions of Absolute Idealism [Lewis,PB]