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All the ideas for 'Freedom to Act', 'Letter to Bramhall' and 'Introduction to 'Absolute Generality''

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9 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

13451

The two best understood conceptions of set are the Iterative and the Limitation of Size [Rayo/Uzquiano]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / m. Axiom of Separation

13452

Some set theories give up Separation in exchange for a universal set [Rayo/Uzquiano]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

13449

We could have unrestricted quantification without having an all-inclusive domain [Rayo/Uzquiano]

13450

Absolute generality is impossible, if there are indefinitely extensible concepts like sets and ordinals [Rayo/Uzquiano]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 5. Second-Order Quantification

13453

Perhaps second-order quantifications cover concepts of objects, rather than plain objects [Rayo/Uzquiano]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

16620

A chair is wood, and its shape is the form; it isn't 'compounded' of the matter and form [Hobbes]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Essence is just an artificial word from logic, giving a way of thinking about substances [Hobbes]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning

13448

The domain of an assertion is restricted by context, either semantically or pragmatically [Rayo/Uzquiano]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

19698

Deviant causal chain: a reason causes an action, but isn't the reason for which it was performed [Davidson, by Neta]