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All the ideas for 'The Logic of Boundaryless Concepts', 'Sentences' and 'Finkish dispositions'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Logicians acknowledge too few things, while others acknowledge too many [Fitzralph]

9390	Logic guides thinking, but it isn't a substitute for it [Rumfitt]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

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The distinction between dispositional and 'categorical' properties leads to confusion [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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All dispositions must have causal bases [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / c. Dispositions as conditional

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A 'finkish' disposition is real, but disappears when the stimulus occurs [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

9389	Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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Backtracking counterfactuals go from supposed events to their required causal antecedents [Lewis]