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Ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Possible Worlds' and 'Possibility'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being

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To exist necessarily is to have an essence whose own essence must be instantiated [Jubien]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

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If objects are just conventional, there is no ontological distinction between stuff and things [Jubien]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories

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The category of Venus is not 'object', or even 'planet', but a particular class of good-sized object [Jubien]