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All the ideas for 'Types and Ontology', 'The Identity of Indiscernibles' and 'The Flow of Time'

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8 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX
10196 The Axiom of Choice needs a criterion of choice [Black]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
13127 Categories can't overlap; they are either disjoint, or inclusive [Sommers, by Westerhoff]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties
10194 Two things can only be distinguished by a distinct property or a distinct relation [Black]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
10193 The 'property' of self-identity is uselessly tautological [Black]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects
10195 If the universe just held two indiscernibles spheres, that refutes the Identity of Indiscernibles [Black]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism
22974 Presentists lack the materials for a realist view of change [Price,H]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / d. Time series
22973 The present moment, time's direction, and time's dynamic quality seem to be objective facts [Price,H]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow
22975 We must explain either the existence of a time direction, or our psychological sense of it [Price,H]