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All the ideas for 'Demonstratives', 'Fear and Trembling' and 'Dispositional Essentialism and the Laws of Nature'

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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics

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Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Kaplan, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

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'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Kaplan, by Schroeter]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

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Laws are relations of kinds, quantities and qualities, supervening on the essences of a domain [Vetter]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / a. Divine morality

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Either Abraham rises higher than universal ethics, or he is a mere murderer [Kierkegaard]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality

7577	Abraham was willing to suspend ethics, for a higher idea [Kierkegaard]