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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Epistemic Two-Dimensional Semantics' and 'Locke on Essences and Kinds'

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3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth

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Truth in a scenario is the negation in that scenario being a priori incoherent [Chalmers]

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

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

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A sentence is a priori if no possible way the world might actually be could make it false [Chalmers]

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

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

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]