Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On the Individuation of Attributes', 'Of the Origin of Government' and 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom'

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

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Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

6853	Consequentialism wrongly assumes a clear line between an act and its consequences [Crisp,R]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

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The only purpose of government is to administer justice, which brings security [Hume]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 4. Ecology

6854	Does the environment have value in itself? [Crisp,R]