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All the ideas for 'The Epistemology of Modality', 'Letters to William Molyneux' and 'Intentionality and the Physical: reply to Mumford'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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Things have real essences, but we categorise them according to the ideas we receive [Locke]

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]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories

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Intentionality is the mark of dispositions, not of the mental [Place]

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

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Dispositions are not general laws, but laws of the natures of individual entities [Place]