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All the ideas for 'Différance', 'On the Individuation of Attributes' and 'Letters to William Molyneux'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

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Because things can share attributes, we cannot individuate attributes clearly [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism

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You only know an attribute if you know what things have it [Quine]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation

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No entity without identity (which requires a principle of individuation) [Quine]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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Things have real essences, but we categorise them according to the ideas we receive [Locke]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

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'Différance' is the interwoven history of each sign [Derrida, by Glendinning]