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Full Idea
The possible worlds framework suggests a way to express the idea that a particular is conceptually separable from its properties without relying on the rejected picture of a bare particular.
Gist of Idea
Possible worlds allow separating all the properties, without hitting a bare particular
Source
Robert C. Stalnaker (Reference and Necessity [1997], 5)
Book Ref
Stalnaker,Robert C.: 'Ways a World Might Be' [OUP 2003], p.182
A Reaction
As I read him, Stalnaker's proposal just comes down to replacing each property in turn with a different one. 'Strip away' red by making it green. It being green in w1 doesn't throw extra light. Can it be a bare particular in w37?