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'Truth and Ontology', 'Beyond Good and Evil' and 'First-Order Modal Logic'
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals
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Counterfactuals aren't about actuality, so they lack truthmakers or a supervenience base [Merricks]
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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 / 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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If 'Fido is possibly black' depends on Fido's counterparts, then it has no actual truthmaker [Merricks]
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