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All the ideas for 'Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson', 'works' and 'Syntactic Structure'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

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No sortal could ever exactly pin down which set of particles count as this 'cup' [Schaffer,J]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

8249	Class membership is not transitive, unlike being part of a part of the whole [Lesniewski, by George/Van Evra]

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

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Identities can be true despite indeterminate reference, if true under all interpretations [Schaffer,J]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]