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All the ideas for 'Deriving Kripkean Claims with Abstract Objects', 'The Character of Physical Law' and 'Things qua Truthmakers'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Every proposition is entirely about being [Lewis]

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]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

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Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

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We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]