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All the ideas for 'On Motion', 'Plural Quantification Exposed' and 'Persons, Character and Morality'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / n. Axiom of Comprehension

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A comprehension axiom is 'predicative' if the formula has no bound second-order variables [Linnebo]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

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A 'pure logic' must be ontologically innocent, universal, and without presuppositions [Linnebo]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

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Can second-order logic be ontologically first-order, with all the benefits of second-order? [Linnebo]

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Plural quantification depends too heavily on combinatorial and set-theoretic considerations [Linnebo]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects

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The modern concept of an object is rooted in quantificational logic [Linnebo]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

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It is important that a person can change their character, and not just be successive 'selves' [Williams,B]

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Kantians have an poor account of individuals, and insist on impartiality, because they ignore character [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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For utilitarians states of affairs are what have value, not matter who produced them [Williams,B]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 1. Relativity / a. Special relativity

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Motion is not absolute, but consists in relation [Leibniz]