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All the ideas for 'Tropes', 'talk' and 'The Evolution of Physics'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism

9916	Convention, yes! Arbitrary, no! [Poincaré, by Putnam]

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]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields

18202

The concept of a field gradually replaced the substances in explaining relations between charges [Einstein/Infeld]