Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity', 'Symbolic Logic (with Langford)' and 'Summa quaestionum super Sententias'

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5 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind
'Ultimate sortals' cannot explain ontological categories [Westerhoff on Wiggins]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object
Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals
Modal logic began with translation difficulties for 'If...then' [Lewis,CI, by Girle]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species
Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi]