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All the ideas for 'reports', 'On the Jewish Question' and 'Many, but almost one'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

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Man is dominated by money, which is the essence of his alienation [Marx]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

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Marxists say liberal rights are confrontational, and liberal equality is a sham [Marx, by Wolff,J]