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Ideas of Amie L. Thomasson, by Text
[American, fl. 2009, Professor at the University of Miami.]
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p.189
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It is analytic that if simples are arranged chair-wise, then there is a chair [Hofweber]
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Intro
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p.3
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A chief task of philosophy is making reflective sense of our common sense worldview
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Intro
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p.4
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Ordinary objects are rejected, to avoid contradictions, or for greater economy in thought
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01.2
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p.16
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Analytical entailments arise from combinations of meanings and inference rules
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02.3
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p.38
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How can causal theories of reference handle nonexistence claims?
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02.3
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p.38
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Pure causal theories of reference have the 'qua problem', of what sort of things is being referred to
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03
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p.57
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Identity claims between objects are only well-formed if the categories are specified
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03
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p.57
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Identical entities must be of the same category, and meet the criteria for the category
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03.2
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p.62
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Modal Conventionalism says modality is analytic, not intrinsic to the world, and linguistic
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03.3
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p.68
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To individuate people we need conventions, but conventions are made up by people
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03.4
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p.68
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Maybe analytic truths do not require truth-makers, as they place no demands on the world
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03.5
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p.71
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Wherever an object exists, there are intrinsic properties instantiating every modal profile
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04.3
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p.80
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If the statue and the lump are two objects, they require separate properties, so we could add their masses
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04.4
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p.81
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Given the similarity of statue and lump, what could possibly ground their modal properties?
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09
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p.152
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Ordinary objects may be not indispensable, but they are nearly unavoidable
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09.3
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p.157
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Eliminativists haven't found existence conditions for chairs, beyond those of the word 'chair'
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09.3
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p.159
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The simple existence conditions for objects are established by our practices, and are met
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09.4
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p.162
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Analyticity is revealed through redundancy, as in 'He bought a house and a building'
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09.4
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p.167
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Theories do not avoid commitment to entities by avoiding certain terms or concepts
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10
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p.177
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Rival ontological claims can both be true, if there are analytic relationships between them
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11.2
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p.193
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Existence might require playing a role in explanation, or in a causal story, or being composed in some way
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