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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Intro to Oxford Hndbk of Metaphysics' and 'Philosophical Letters'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

9217	Modern empirical metaphysics focuses on ontological commitments of discourse, or on presuppositions [Loux/Zimmerman]

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]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

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The brain, and all the mental events within it, consists entirely of sensitive and rational matter [Cavendish]