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'Why Propositions Aren't Truth-Supporting Circumstance', 'Primitive Thisness and Primitive Identity' and 'De Corpore (Elements, First Section)'
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible
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We can imagine a point swelling and contracting - but not how this could be done [Hobbes]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
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Are possible worlds just qualities, or do they include primitive identities as well? [Adams,RM]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions
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Possible worlds are world-stories, maximal descriptions of whole non-existent worlds [Adams,RM, by Molnar]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism
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Adams says anti-haecceitism reduces all thisness to suchness [Adams,RM, by Stalnaker]
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Haecceitism may or may not involve some logical connection to essence [Adams,RM, by Mackie,P]
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Moderate Haecceitism says transworld identities are primitive, but connected to qualities [Adams,RM]
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