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All the ideas for 'Deriving Kripkean Claims with Abstract Objects', 'Aspects of the Theory of Syntax' and 'What's Wrong with Rape?'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

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Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

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Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Chomsky's 'interpretative semantics' says syntax comes first, and is then interpreted [Chomsky, by Magidor]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

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A rape disregards the status of being a person - but so does all assault [Foa]

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Rape of children is dreadful, but no one thinks children should have a right of consent [Foa]

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If men should lust and women shouldn't, that makes rape the prevalent sexual model [Foa]