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All the ideas for 'Conditionals and Possibilia', 'Aristotle on Substance' and 'Ambitious, yet modest, Metaphysics'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science
16415 Esoteric metaphysics aims to be top science, investigating ultimate reality [Hofweber]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
16413 Science has discovered properties of things, so there are properties - so who needs metaphysics? [Hofweber]
5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
16416 The quantifier in logic is not like the ordinary English one (which has empty names, non-denoting terms etc) [Hofweber]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object
16083 Aristotelian matter seriously threatens the intrinsic unity and substantiality of its object [Gill,ML]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals
13858 The truth-functional account of conditionals is right, if the antecedent is really acceptable [Jackson, by Edgington]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
17006 Prime matter has no place in Aristotle's theories, and passages claiming it are misread [Gill,ML]
16093 Prime matter is actually nothing and potentially everything (or potentially an element) [Gill,ML]