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All the ideas for 'Tropes', 'Theory Change and the Indeterminacy of Reference' and 'Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
10467 Individuals consist of 'compresent' tropes [Bacon,John]
10464 A trope is a bit of a property or relation (not an exemplification or a quality) [Bacon,John]
10465 Trope theory is ontologically parsimonious, with possibly only one-category [Bacon,John]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
10466 Maybe possible worlds are just sets of possible tropes [Bacon,John]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
21925 For Schelling the Absolute spirit manifests as nature in which self-consciousness evolves [Schelling, by Lewis,PB]
22045 Metaphysics aims at the Absolute, which goes beyond subjective and objective viewpoints [Schelling, by Pinkard]
19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
22244 'Partial reference' is when the subject thinks two objects are one object [Field,H, by Recanati]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
22057 Schelling sought a union between the productivities of nature and of the mind [Schelling, by Bowie]
22031 Schelling made organisms central to nature, because mere mechanism could never produce them [Schelling, by Pinkard]