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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Vagaries of Definition' and 'Occasions of Identity'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory

8203	All the arithmetical entities can be reduced to classes of integers, and hence to sets [Quine]

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

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A CAR and its major PART can become identical, yet seem to have different properties [Gallois]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time

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Gallois hoped to clarify identity through time, but seems to make talk of it impossible [Hawley on Gallois]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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Gallois is committed to identity with respect to times, and denial of simple identity [Gallois, by Sider]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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Occasional Identity: two objects can be identical at one time, and different at others [Gallois, by Hawley]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

8202	Meaning is essence divorced from things and wedded to words [Quine]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 4. Analytic/Synthetic Critique

8201	The distinction between meaning and further information is as vague as the essence/accident distinction [Quine]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]