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All the ideas for 'A World of States of Affairs', 'Reply to Professor Frankena' and 'Isolation and Non-arbitrary Division'

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11 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]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units

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Objects do not naturally form countable units [Koslicki]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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We can still count squares, even if they overlap [Koslicki]

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There is no deep reason why we count carrots but not asparagus [Koslicki]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / d. Counting via concepts

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We struggle to count branches and waves because our concepts lack clear boundaries [Koslicki]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

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We talk of snow as what stays the same, when it is a heap or drift or expanse [Koslicki]

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]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

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Moral judgements are hypothetical, because they depend on interests and desires [Foot]

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]