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All the ideas for 'In Defence of Three-Dimensionalism', 'works' and 'Proper Names'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

7746	We don't normally think of names as having senses (e.g. we don't give definitions of them) [Searle]

7747	How can a proper name be correlated with its object if it hasn't got a sense? [Searle]

7748	'Aristotle' means more than just 'an object that was christened "Aristotle"' [Searle]

7749	Reference for proper names presupposes a set of uniquely referring descriptions [Searle]

7750	Proper names are logically connected with their characteristics, in a loose way [Searle]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

10800

The values of variables can't determine existence, because they are just expressions [Ryle, by Quine]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism

12295

3-D says things are stretched in space but not in time, and entire at a time but not at a location [Fine,K]

12298

Genuine motion, rather than variation of position, requires the 'entire presence' of the object [Fine,K]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism

12296

4-D says things are stretched in space and in time, and not entire at a time or at a location [Fine,K]

18882

You can ask when the wedding was, but not (usually) when the bride was [Fine,K, by Simons]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 5. Temporal Parts

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Three-dimensionalist can accept temporal parts, as things enduring only for an instant [Fine,K]