Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'A World of States of Affairs', 'Two Concepts of Liberty' and 'Identity and Reference'

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7 ideas

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

4742	Correspondence may be one-many or many one, as when either p or q make 'p or q' true [Armstrong]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

9497	Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

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Properties are contingently existing beings with multiple locations in space and time [Armstrong, by Lewis]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

4743	The truth-maker for a truth must necessitate that truth [Armstrong]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

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An identity statement aims at getting the hearer to merge two mental files [Lockwood]

25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle

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Berlin distinguishes 'negative' and 'positive' liberty, and rejects the latter [Berlin, by Swift]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4798	In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos]