Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On the Individuation of Attributes', 'Letter on Freedom' and 'Mathematical Physics'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

5042	For every event it is possible for an omniscient being to give a reason for its occurrence [Leibniz]

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

18439

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

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

18442

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

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

18441

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

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

18440

Identity of physical objects is just being coextensive [Quine]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring

9567	Maths deals with quantities of physical significance, ignoring irrelevant features [Geroch]