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Ideas for 'works', 'Darwinian Metaphysics: Species and Essentialism' and 'Parts of Classes'

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

8481	The de dicto-de re modality distinction dates back to Abelard [Abelard, by Orenstein]
	Full Idea: The de dicto-de re modality distinction dates back to Abelard.
	From: report of Peter Abelard (works [1135]) by Alex Orenstein - W.V. Quine Ch.7
	A reaction: Most modern philosophers couldn't (apparently) care less where a concept originated, but one of the principles of this database is that such things do matter. I'm not sure why, but if we want the whole picture, we need the historical picture.