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Ideas for 'Counterparts and Identity', 'works' and 'Contingent Identity'

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

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Possible worlds identity needs a sortal [Gibbard]

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Only concepts, not individuals, can be the same across possible worlds [Gibbard]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

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Kripke's semantics needs lots of intuitions about which properties are essential [Gibbard]

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

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Unlike Lewis, I defend an actualist version of counterpart theory [Stalnaker]

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If possible worlds really differ, I can't be in more than one at a time [Stalnaker]

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If counterparts exist strictly in one world only, this seems to be extreme invariant essentialism [Stalnaker]