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All the ideas for 'works (all lost)', 'Taking Rights Seriously' and 'Intensions Revisited'

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9 ideas

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 1. Modal Logic

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Quantified modal logic collapses if essence is withdrawn [Quine]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

13590

Essences can make sense in a particular context or enquiry, as the most basic predicates [Quine]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

8483	Necessity is relative to context; it is what is assumed in an inquiry [Quine]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds

13589

Possible worlds are a way to dramatise essentialism, and yet they presuppose essentialism [Quine]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

13588

A rigid designator (for all possible worlds) picks out an object by its essential traits [Quine]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

13592

Beliefs can be ascribed to machines [Quine]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism

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Dworkin believed we should promote equality, to increase autonomy [Dworkin, by Kekes]

25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality

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We can treat people as equals, or actually treat them equally [Dworkin, by Grayling]

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Treating people as equals is the one basic value of all plausible political theories [Dworkin, by Kymlicka]