Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On the Individuation of Attributes', 'On the Necessity of Origin' and 'The Communists and Peace'

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7 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

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Because things can share attributes, we cannot individuate attributes clearly [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism

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You only know an attribute if you know what things have it [Quine]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / a. Individuation

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No entity without identity (which requires a principle of individuation) [Quine]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 10. Beginning of an Object

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Suppose a world where I'm from different gametes; add my gametes; which one is more me? [McGinn]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential

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McGinn falsely claims necessity of origin is a special case of the necessity of identity [Forbes,G on McGinn]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

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The truth about events always comes from the oppressed and disadvantaged [Sartre, by Bakewell]