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All the ideas for 'later work', 'Methodological Reflections on Current Linguistic Theory' and 'The Nature of Things'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 6. Deconstruction

6840	Derrida came to believe in the undeconstructability of justice, which cannot be relativised [Derrida, by Critchley]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 7. Natural Sets

9406	A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

15730

Extreme nominalists say all classification is arbitrary convention [Quinton]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

15728

The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton]

9407	Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals

15729

Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

8520	An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

15788

Syntax and semantics are indeterminate, and modern 'semantics' is a bogus subject [Quine, by Lycan]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people

21936

A community must consist of singular persons, with nothing in common [Derrida, by Glendinning]

21937

Can there be democratic friendship without us all becoming identical? [Derrida, by Glendinning]