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All the ideas for 'Intro to 'Provenance of Pure Reason'', 'Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference' and 'Dispositional Essentialism and the Laws of Nature'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

9182	Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett]

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation

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Mathematics must be based on axioms, which are true because they are axioms, not vice versa [Tait, by Parsons,C]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

9181	The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

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Laws are relations of kinds, quantities and qualities, supervening on the essences of a domain [Vetter]