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Ideas for 'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'First-Order Modal Logic' and 'From Metaphysics to Ethics'

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity

6987	We should not multiply senses of necessity beyond necessity [Jackson]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds

6988	Mathematical sentences are a problem in a possible-worlds framework [Jackson]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

6975	Possible worlds could be concrete, abstract, universals, sentences, or properties [Jackson]

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]

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]