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All the ideas for 'Remembrance of Things Past', 'On Sufficient Reason' and 'The Essence of Reference'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought
19404 Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
10429 It is best to say that a name designates iff there is something for it to designate [Sainsbury]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions
10425 Definite descriptions may not be referring expressions, since they can fail to refer [Sainsbury]
10438 Definite descriptions are usually rigid in subject, but not in predicate, position [Sainsbury]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 3. Modularity of Mind
7845 When we need to do something, we depute an inner servant to remind us of it [Proust]
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference
10432 A new usage of a name could arise from a mistaken baptism of nothing [Sainsbury]
19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference
10434 Even a quantifier like 'someone' can be used referentially [Sainsbury]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 3. Natural Function
10431 Things are thought to have a function, even when they can't perform them [Sainsbury]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
19403 Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz]