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All the ideas for 'Of Civil Liberty', 'Reflections on my Critics' and 'De Re and De Dicto'

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12 ideas

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth

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'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn]

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 / 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]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

6809	Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

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In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / b. Monarchy

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Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume]