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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars' and 'Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions'

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21 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 6. Relations in Logic

8525	Relations need terms, so they must be second-order entities based on first-order tropes [Campbell,K]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

8518	Events are trope-sequences, in which tropes replace one another [Campbell,K]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8513	Two red cloths are separate instances of redness, because you can dye one of them blue [Campbell,K]

8514	Red could only recur in a variety of objects if it was many, which makes them particulars [Campbell,K]

8522	Tropes solve the Companionship Difficulty, since the resemblance is only between abstract particulars [Campbell,K]

8523	Tropes solve the Imperfect Community problem, as they can only resemble in one respect [Campbell,K]

8524	Trope theory makes space central to reality, as tropes must have a shape and size [Campbell,K]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

8521	Nominalism has the problem that without humans nothing would resemble anything else [Campbell,K]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects

8515	Tropes are basic particulars, so concrete particulars are collections of co-located tropes [Campbell,K]

8519	Bundles must be unique, so the Identity of Indiscernibles is a necessity - which it isn't! [Campbell,K]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects

4033	Two pure spheres in non-absolute space are identical but indiscernible [Campbell,K]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

18284

Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness

24016

Consciousness always transcends itself [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / a. Nature of emotions

24013

An emotion and its object form a unity, so emotion is a mode of apprehension [Sartre]

24017

Emotion is one of our modes of understanding our Being-in-the-World [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

24014

Emotions are a sort of bodily incantation which brings a magic to the world [Sartre]

24015

Emotions makes us believe in and live in a new world [Sartre]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring

8512	Abstractions come before the mind by concentrating on a part of what is presented [Campbell,K]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

20491

States have a monopoly of legitimate violence [Sartre, by Wolff,J]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata

8517	Causal conditions are particular abstract instances of properties, which makes them tropes [Campbell,K]

8516	Davidson can't explain causation entirely by events, because conditions are also involved [Campbell,K]