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All the ideas for 'Croce and Collingwood', 'A New Kind of Science' and 'Modal Realism at Work: Properties'

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7 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

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At one level maths and nature are very similar, suggesting some deeper origin [Wolfram]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets

4038	Properties are sets of their possible instances (which separates 'renate' from 'cordate') [Lewis, by Mellor/Oliver]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics

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By 1790 aestheticians were mainly trying to explain individual artistic genius [Kemp]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression

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Expression can be either necessary for art, or sufficient for art (or even both) [Kemp]

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We don't already know what to express, and then seek means of expressing it [Kemp]

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The horror expressed in some works of art could equallly be expressed by other means [Kemp]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

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Space and its contents seem to be one stuff - so space is the only existing thing [Wolfram]