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All the ideas for 'Intro to Naming,Necessity and Natural Kinds', 'Hymn to Perfect Wisdom' and 'Opus Maius (major works)'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
7911 Theory vanishes when one has obtained wisdom [Rahulabhadra]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions
5831 The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
5829 We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP]
5830 The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP]
18. Thought / C. Content / 8. Intension
5826 The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
16745 No one even knows the nature and properties of a fly - why it has that colour, or so many feet [Bacon,R]