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16407 | Possible worlds allow separating all the properties, without hitting a bare particular [Stalnaker] |
Full Idea: The possible worlds framework suggests a way to express the idea that a particular is conceptually separable from its properties without relying on the rejected picture of a bare particular. | |
From: Robert C. Stalnaker (Reference and Necessity [1997], 5) | |
A reaction: As I read him, Stalnaker's proposal just comes down to replacing each property in turn with a different one. 'Strip away' red by making it green. It being green in w1 doesn't throw extra light. Can it be a bare particular in w37? |