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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Against Barbaric physics' and 'How free does the will need to be?'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility
Blame usually has no effect if the recipient thinks it unjustified [Williams,B]
Blame partly rests on the fiction that blamed agents always know their obligations [Williams,B]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
Some people return to scholastic mysterious qualities, disguising them as 'forces' [Leibniz]