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All the ideas for '27: Book of Daniel', 'Actualism and Possible Worlds' and 'Syntactic Structure'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Necessary beings (numbers, properties, sets, propositions, states of affairs, God) exist in all possible worlds [Plantinga]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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Socrates is a contingent being, but his essence is not; without Socrates, his essence is unexemplified [Plantinga]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

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Possible worlds clarify possibility, propositions, properties, sets, counterfacts, time, determinism etc. [Plantinga]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Plantinga's actualism is nominal, because he fills actuality with possibilia [Stalnaker on Plantinga]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics

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Plantinga has domains of sets of essences, variables denoting essences, and predicates as functions [Plantinga, by Stalnaker]

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Plantinga's essences have their own properties - so will have essences, giving a hierarchy [Stalnaker on Plantinga]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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Are propositions and states of affairs two separate things, or only one? I incline to say one [Plantinga]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

7482	Resurrection developed in Judaism as a response to martyrdoms, in about 160 BCE [Anon (Dan), by Watson]