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All the ideas for 'On the Individuation of Attributes', 'Reply to Professor Marcus' and 'Philosophy of Natural Science'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

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Either reference really matters, or we don't need to replace it with substitutions [Quine]

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]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Scientific explanation aims at a unifying account of underlying structures and processes [Hempel]