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All the ideas for 'Possible Worlds', 'Negative Dialectics' and 'Mr Strawson on Referring'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

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If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Common speech is vague; its vocabulary and syntax must be modified, for precision [Russell]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 11. Ostensive Definition

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Empirical words need ostensive definition, which makes them egocentric [Russell]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]

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What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 9. Indexical Semantics

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Science reduces indexicals to a minimum, but they can never be eliminated from empirical matters [Russell]