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All the ideas for 'The Logic of Boundaryless Concepts', 'Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour' and 'Abstract Objects'

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11 ideas

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

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

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / d. Problems with abstracta

8915	How we refer to abstractions is much less clear than how we refer to other things [Rosen]

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]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

8917	The Way of Abstraction used to say an abstraction is an idea that was formed by abstracting [Rosen]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

8912	Nowadays abstractions are defined as non-spatial, causally inert things [Rosen]

8913	Chess may be abstract, but it has existed in specific space and time [Rosen]

8914	Sets are said to be abstract and non-spatial, but a set of books can be on a shelf [Rosen]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 6. Abstracta by Conflation

8916	Conflating abstractions with either sets or universals is a big claim, needing a big defence [Rosen]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

8918	Functional terms can pick out abstractions by asserting an equivalence relation [Rosen]

8919	Abstraction by equivalence relationships might prove that a train is an abstract entity [Rosen]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

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We both desire what is beautiful, and want it to remain as it is [Weil]