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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Nihilism without Self-Contradiction' and 'The Epistemology of Essentialist Claims'

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9 ideas

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Only individuals have essences, so numbers (as a higher type based on classes) lack them [McMichael]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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Essences are the interesting necessary properties resulting from a thing's own peculiar nature [McMichael]

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Maybe essential properties have to be intrinsic, as well as necessary? [McMichael]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Essentialism is false, because it implies the existence of necessary singular propositions [McMichael]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals

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Individuals enter into laws only through their general qualities and relations [McMichael]