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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'How to Russell a Frege-Church' and 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World'

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

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For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism

11990

'Haecceitism' says that sameness or difference of individuals is independent of appearances [Kaplan]

9668	'Haecceitism' is common thisness under dissimilarity, or distinct thisnesses under resemblance [Kaplan]

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If quantification into modal contexts is legitimate, that seems to imply some form of haecceitism [Kaplan]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon]

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Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon]

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

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