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All the ideas for 'Phenomenal and Perceptual Concepts', 'Many, but almost one' and 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes'

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

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

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There is a single file per object, memorised, reactivated, consolidated and expanded [Papineau, by Recanati]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]