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All the ideas for 'Semantics, Conceptual Role', 'De rebus naturalibus' and 'Things'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

7783	Bodies, properties, relations, events, numbers, sets and propositions are 'things' if they exist [Lowe]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role

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The meaning of a representation is its role in thought, perception or decisions [Block]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella]