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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

16079	De re modal predicates are ambiguous [Lewis, by Rudder Baker]
	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

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity

12889	The limits of change for an individual depend on the kind of individual [Simons]
	Full Idea: What determines the limits of admissible change and secures the identity of a continuant is a matter of the kind of object in question.
	From: Peter Simons (Parts [1987], 9.6)
	A reaction: This gives some motivation for the sortal view of essence, which I find hard to take. However, if my statue were pulverised it would make good compost.