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All the ideas for 'Essays on Intellectual Powers: Conception', 'The Artworld' and 'Geometrical Method and Metaphysics'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

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Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible

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Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

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Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference

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A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution

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A thing is only seen as art in an 'artworld', which has a theory and a history [Danto]