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All the ideas for 'The Human Animal', 'Persistence, Change and Explanation' and 'On the Algebra of Logic'

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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 2. Aporiai

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By using aporiai as his start, Aristotle can defer to the wise, as well as to the many [Haslanger]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies

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Ontology disputes rest on more basic explanation disputes [Haslanger]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism

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The persistence of objects seems to be needed if the past is to explain the present [Haslanger]

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Persistence makes change and its products intelligible [Haslanger]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 5. Temporal Parts

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We must explain change amongst 'momentary entities', or else the world is inexplicable [Haslanger]

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If the things which exist prior to now are totally distinct, they need not have existed [Haslanger]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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Truth-functional conditionals have a simple falsification, when A is true and B is false [Peirce]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Natural explanations give the causal interconnections [Haslanger]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Best explanations, especially natural ones, need grounding, notably by persistent objects [Haslanger]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

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Maybe our persistence conditions concern bodies, rather than persons [Olson, by Hawley]

6669	For 'animalism', I exist before I became a person, and can continue after it, so I am not a person [Olson, by Lowe]