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All the ideas for 'Survival and Identity, with postscript', 'works' and 'Counterfactuals'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
3534 To be is to have causal powers [Alexander,S]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality
16079 De re modal predicates are ambiguous [Lewis, by Rudder Baker]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals
14361 Lewis says indicative conditionals are truth-functional [Lewis, by Jackson]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals
8434 In good counterfactuals the consequent holds in world like ours except that the antecedent is true [Lewis, by Horwich]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism
3398 Epiphenomenalism makes the mind totally pointless [Alexander,S]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
9419 A law of nature is a general axiom of the deductive system that is best for simplicity and strength [Lewis]