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Ideas for 'From an Ontological Point of View', 'Quaestiones de Potentia Dei' and 'Philosophy of Language'

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4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 1. Modal Logic
15163 The interest of quantified modal logic is its metaphysical necessity and essentialism [Soames]
     Full Idea: The chief philosophical interest in quantified modal logic lies with metaphysical necessity, essentialism, and the nontrivial modal de re.
     From: Scott Soames (Philosophy of Language [2010], 3.1)
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory
7035 God does not create the world, and then add the classes [Heil]
     Full Idea: It is hard to see classes as an 'addition of being'; God does not create the world, and then add the classes.
     From: John Heil (From an Ontological Point of View [2003], 13.4 n6)
     A reaction: This seems right. We may be tempted into believing in the reality of classes when considering maths, but it seems utterly implausible when considering trees or cows.