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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy' and 'In Defense of a Dogma'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 4. Four-Dimensionalism

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Surely the past phases of a thing are not parts of the thing? [Broad]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy

7319	If we give up synonymy, we have to give up significance, meaning and sense [Grice/Strawson]