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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'works' and 'Holism: a Shopper's Guide'

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4 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]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism

9381	If some inferences are needed to fix meaning, but we don't know which, they are all relevant [Fodor/Lepore, by Boghossian]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy

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Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin]