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All the ideas for 'Universals and Particulars', 'The Mozi' and 'There are no ordinary things'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

9052	Vague predicates lack application; there are no borderline cases; vague F is not F [Unger, by Keefe/Smith]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication

4442	Most thinkers now reject self-predication (whiteness is NOT white) so there is no Third Man problem [Armstrong]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

16070

There are no objects with proper parts; there are only mereological simples [Unger, by Wasserman]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

23395

Mohists desire wealth, population and social order as the best consequences [Mozi, by Norden]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule

23394

If people regarded other states as they did their own, they would never attack them [Mozi]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

23396

Mozi condemns partiality, which is the cause of all the great harms in the world [Mozi]

23397

Those who are against impartiality still prefer impartial protectors [Mozi]