Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity', 'Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference' and 'On Sufficient Reason'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought

19404

Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

9182	Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett]

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

13128

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

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

9181	The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

19403

Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz]