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'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'First-Order Modal Logic' and 'Reference and Contingency'
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency
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'Superficial' contingency: false in some world; 'Deep' contingency: no obvious verification [Evans, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
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□ must be sensitive as to whether it picks out an object by essential or by contingent properties [Fitting/Mendelsohn]
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Objects retain their possible properties across worlds, so a bundle theory of them seems best [Fitting/Mendelsohn]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation
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Rigid designators can be meaningful even if empty [Evans, by Mackie,P]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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Counterpart relations are neither symmetric nor transitive, so there is no logic of equality for them [Fitting/Mendelsohn]
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