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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'Causation in a Physical World' and 'On Certainty'

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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts

17579	Counterparts reduce counterfactual identity to problems about similarity relations [Inwagen]
	Full Idea: Counterpart Theory essentially reduces all problems about counterfactual identity to problems about choosing appropriate similarity relations. That is, Counterpart Theory essentially eliminates problems of counterfactual identity as such.
	From: Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 14)

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / e. Possible Objects

17590	A merely possible object clearly isn't there, so that is a defective notion [Inwagen]
	Full Idea: The notion of a merely possible object is an even more defective notion than the notion of a borderline object; after all, a merely possible object is an object that definitely isn't there.
	From: Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 19)

17591	Merely possible objects must be consistent properties, or haecceities [Inwagen]
	Full Idea: Talk of merely possible objects may be redeemed in either maximally consistent sets of properties or in haecceities.
	From: Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 19)