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All the ideas for 'Why Constitution is not Identity', 'On the Algebra of Logic' and 'Reflections on my Critics'

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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth

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'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

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Clay is intrinsically and atomically the same as statue (and that lacks 'modal properties') [Rudder Baker]

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The clay is not a statue - it borrows that property from the statue it constitutes [Rudder Baker]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects

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Is it possible for two things that are identical to become two separate things? [Rudder Baker]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

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Constitution is not identity, as consideration of essential predicates shows [Rudder Baker]

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The constitution view gives a unified account of the relation of persons/bodies, statues/bronze etc [Rudder Baker]

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Statues essentially have relational properties lacked by lumps [Rudder Baker]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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Truth-functional conditionals have a simple falsification, when A is true and B is false [Peirce]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

6809	Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

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In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn]