Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity', 'Philosophy of Natural Science' and 'Demonstratives'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

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'Ultimate sortals' cannot explain ontological categories [Westerhoff on Wiggins]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics

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Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Kaplan, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

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'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Kaplan, by Schroeter]