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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Notice of Fine's 'Limits of Abstraction'' and 'The Making of a Philosopher'

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4 ideas

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]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

4691	If all mental life were conscious, we would be unable to see things, or to process speech [McGinn]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

9141	Abstraction theories build mathematics out of second-order equivalence principles [Cook/Ebert]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention

4690	If meaning is speaker's intentions, it can be reduced to propositional attitudes, and philosophy of mind [McGinn]