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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Against Barbaric physics' and 'Why Propositions cannot be concrete'

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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]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
9086 The idea of abstract objects is not ontological; it comes from the epistemological idea of abstraction [Plantinga]
9087 Theists may see abstract objects as really divine thoughts [Plantinga]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
9085 If propositions are concrete they don't have to exist, and so they can't be necessary truths [Plantinga]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
9084 Propositions can't just be in brains, because 'there are no human beings' might be true [Plantinga]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
16709 Some people return to scholastic mysterious qualities, disguising them as 'forces' [Leibniz]