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All the ideas for 'Tractatus de corpore Christi', 'Internal and External Reasons' and 'Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

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Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham]

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]

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]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes

9284	Reasons are 'internal' if they give a person a motive to act, but 'external' otherwise [Williams,B]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

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Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham]