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All the ideas for 'Dthat', 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)' and 'Anti-essentialism'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

2945	Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

2946	You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Logical space is abstracted from the actual world [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum

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For the bare particular view, properties must be features, not just groups of objects [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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An essential property is one had in all the possible worlds where a thing exists [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

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Necessarily self-identical, or being what it is, or its world-indexed properties, aren't essential [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Bare particular anti-essentialism makes no sense within modal logic semantics [Stalnaker]

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

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Why imagine that Babe Ruth might be a billiard ball; nothing useful could be said about the ball [Stalnaker]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

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Are causal descriptions part of the causal theory of reference, or are they just metasemantic? [Kaplan, by Schaffer,J]