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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'In Defence of Three-Dimensionalism' and 'Philosophy without Intuitions'

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8 ideas

2. Reason / E. Argument / 7. Thought Experiments

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So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen]

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 / E. Objects over Time / 3. Three-Dimensionalism

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3-D says things are stretched in space but not in time, and entire at a time but not at a location [Fine,K]

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Genuine motion, rather than variation of position, requires the 'entire presence' of the object [Fine,K]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism

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4-D says things are stretched in space and in time, and not entire at a time or at a location [Fine,K]

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You can ask when the wedding was, but not (usually) when the bride was [Fine,K, by Simons]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 5. Temporal Parts

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Three-dimensionalist can accept temporal parts, as things enduring only for an instant [Fine,K]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

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The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen]