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All the ideas for 'A Puzzle Concerning Matter and Form', 'On the Pragmatics of Communications' and 'Classes and Attributes'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 11. Properties as Sets

9783	While no two classes coincide in membership, there are distinct but coextensive attributes [Cartwright,R]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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The possible Aristotelian view that forms are real and active principles is clearly wrong [Fine,K, by Pasnau]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

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To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas]