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Ideas from 'Survival and Identity, with postscript' by David Lewis [1983], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Personal Identity' (ed/tr Martin,R /Barresi,J) [Blackwells 2003,0-0631-23442-x]].

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality
16079 De re modal predicates are ambiguous
                        Full Idea: Lewis is perhaps the most prominent proponent of the view that de re modal predicates are ambiguous.
                        From: report of David Lewis (Survival and Identity, with postscript [1983]) by Lynne Rudder Baker - Why Constitution is not Identity n25