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All the ideas for 'Difference and Repetition', 'The Logical Basis of Metaphysics' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 5: Abstraction'

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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 / 2. Logical Connectives / c. not

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Classical negation is circular, if it relies on knowing negation-conditions from truth-conditions [Dummett]

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]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 5. Universals as Concepts

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Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals

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Only individuals exist [Reid]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

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No one thinks two sheets possess a single whiteness, but all agree they are both white [Reid]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

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Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought

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We must first conceive things before we can consider them [Reid]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

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First we notice and name attributes ('abstracting'); then we notice that subjects share them ('generalising') [Reid]