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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'fragments/reports' and 'Much Ado About Nothing'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8658	For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently [Shakespeare]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

18946

Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers

579	Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

578	Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle]