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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On Relations of Universals and Particulars' and 'Nihilism without Self-Contradiction'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 7. Ad Hominem

14231

We should always apply someone's theory of meaning to their own utterances [Liggins]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

14232

We normally formalise 'There are Fs' with singular quantification and predication, but this may be wrong [Liggins]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

16045

General facts supervene on particular facts, but cannot be inferred from them [Russell, by Bennett,K]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes

14327

Trope theorists cannot explain how tropes resemble each other [Russell, by Mumford]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

14233

Nihilists needn't deny parts - they can just say that some of the xs are among the ys [Liggins]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]