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All the ideas for 'Why Constitution is not Identity', 'Concepts of supervenience' and 'Letters to Jourdain'

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11 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

8447	In 'Etna is higher than Vesuvius' the whole of Etna, including all the lava, can't be the reference [Frege]

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

8448	Any object can have many different names, each with a distinct sense [Frege]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience

3536	Supervenient properties must have matching base properties [Kim]

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

16078

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

16077

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

16080

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

16076

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

16081

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

16082

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

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / a. Sentence meaning

8446	We understand new propositions by constructing their sense from the words [Frege]

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference

8449	Senses can't be subjective, because propositions would be private, and disagreement impossible [Frege]