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All the ideas for 'Syntactic Structure', 'A Realistic Theory of Categories' and 'Humean metaphysics vs metaphysics of Powers'

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4 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories

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Chisholm divides things into contingent and necessary, and then individuals, states and non-states [Chisholm, by Westerhoff]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow

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Causation is the power of one property to produce another, and this gives time its direction [Esfeld]