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All the ideas for 'Essays on Intellectual Powers: Conception', 'How free does the will need to be?' and '75: Is 'Live Unknown' a Wise Precept?'

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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]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5959	Some philosophers say the soul is light [Plutarch]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

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Blame usually has no effect if the recipient thinks it unjustified [Williams,B]

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Blame partly rests on the fiction that blamed agents always know their obligations [Williams,B]