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All the ideas for 'A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility', 'Foundations of Two-Dimensional Semantics' and 'Panpsychism'

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3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 6. Making Negative Truths
15547 Negative existentials have 'totality facts' as truthmakers [Armstrong, by Lewis]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 7. Emergent Properties
3291 Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
15542 All possibilities are recombinations of properties in the actual world [Armstrong, by Lewis]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics
14739 'Water' is two-dimensionally inconstant, with different intensions in different worlds [Chalmers, by Sider]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
3290 Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel]