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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Deriving Kripkean Claims with Abstract Objects' and 'Lysis'

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5 ideas

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

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

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

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Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

10557

Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

295	The good is beautiful [Plato]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

294	People say that friendship exists only between good men [Plato]