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All the ideas for 'Works of Love', 'Mathematical Logic (revised)' and 'Varieties of Causation'

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

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'Corner quotes' (quasi-quotation) designate 'whatever these terms designate' [Quine]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / f. Names eliminated

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We might do without names, by converting them into predicates [Quine, by Kirkham]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 12. Essential Parts

8443	Mereological essentialism says an entity must have exactly those parts [Sosa]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

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Perfect love is not in spite of imperfections; the imperfections must be loved as well [Kierkegaard]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation

8442	What law would explain causation in the case of causing a table to come into existence? [Sosa]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

8445	The necessitated is not always a result or consequence of the necessitator [Sosa]

8444	Where is the necessary causation in the three people being tall making everybody tall? [Sosa]