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All the ideas for 'The Epistemology of Modality', 'Letter to the Editor about Bayle' and 'Merely Possible Propositions'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

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Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist [Stalnaker]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

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How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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A 'Russellian proposition' is an ordered sequence of individual, properties and relations [Stalnaker]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

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In addition to laws, God must also create appropriate natures for things [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

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All that is real in motion is the force or power which produces change [Leibniz]