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All the ideas for 'Demonstratives', 'Moral Luck' and 'Mathematical Explanation'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
13230 Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 5. Controlling Beliefs
3271 We can't control our own beliefs [Nagel]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
13229 Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case [Steiner,M]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / m. Explanation by proof
13231 Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure [Steiner,M]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics
14894 Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Kaplan, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]
14700 'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Kaplan, by Schroeter]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck
3272 Moral luck can arise in character, preconditions, actual circumstances, and outcome [Nagel]