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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Poetics' and 'De Re and De Dicto'

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11 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

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Maybe proper names involve essentialism [Plantinga]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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Could I name all of the real numbers in one fell swoop? Call them all 'Charley'? [Plantinga]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

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Surely self-identity is essential to Socrates? [Plantinga]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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An object has a property essentially if it couldn't conceivably have lacked it [Plantinga]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

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Can we find an appropriate 'de dicto' paraphrase for any 'de re' proposition? [Plantinga]

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Expressing modality about a statement is 'de dicto'; expressing it of property-possession is 'de re' [Plantinga]

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'De dicto' true and 'de re' false is possible, and so is 'de dicto' false and 'de re' true [Plantinga]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity

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What Socrates could have been, and could have become, are different? [Plantinga]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

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Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]