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All the ideas for 'Difference and Repetition', 'Philosophia Epicurea' and 'Cantorian Abstraction: Recon. and Defence'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

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'Difference' refers to that which eludes capture [Deleuze, by May]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

9148	I think of variables as objects rather than as signs [Fine,K]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Ontology can be continual creation, not to know being, but to probe the unknowable [Deleuze]

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'Being' is univocal, but its subject matter is actually 'difference' [Deleuze]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being

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Ontology does not tell what there is; it is just a strange adventure [Deleuze, by May]

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Being is a problem to be engaged, not solved, and needs a new mode of thinking [Deleuze, by May]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle

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Form is the principle that connects a thing's constitution (rather than being operative) [Hill,N]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

9152	If green is abstracted from a thing, it is only seen as a type if it is common to many things [Fine,K]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

9149	To obtain the number 2 by abstraction, we only want to abstract the distinctness of a pair of objects [Fine,K]

9150	We should define abstraction in general, with number abstraction taken as a special case [Fine,K]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9146	After abstraction all numbers seem identical, so only 0 and 1 will exist! [Fine,K]