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All the ideas for 'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'Letters' and 'The Problem of Possibilia'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

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That Queen Anne is dead is a 'general fact', not a fact about Queen Anne [Prior,AN]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

9212	Possible states of affairs are not propositions; a proposition can't be a state of affairs! [Fine,K]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

9213	The actual world is a possible world, so we can't define possible worlds as 'what might have been' [Fine,K]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 4. Analytic/Synthetic Critique

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I will even consider changing a meaning to save a law; I question the meaning-fact cleavage [Quine]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

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'Thank goodness that's over' is not like 'thank goodness that happened on Friday' [Prior,AN]