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Ideas for 'Analyzing Modality', 'On the Nature of Acquaintance' and 'Mere Possibilities'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 1. Physical Objects

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Being a physical object is our most fundamental category [Jubien]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

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Haecceities implausibly have no qualities [Jubien]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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'Socrates is essentially human' seems to say nothing could be Socrates if it was not human [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects

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The bundle theory makes the identity of indiscernibles a necessity, since the thing is the properties [Stalnaker]