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All the ideas for 'Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson', 'MacIntyre versus the Enlightenment' and 'The Rationalists'

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6 ideas

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

14082

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

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

4304	Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham]

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

14081

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

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

4303	The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism

1490	You would have to be very morally lazy to ignore criticisms of your own culture [Nagel]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4306	For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham]