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All the ideas for 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'works' and 'Transworld Heir Lines'

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9 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Logicians like their entities to exhibit a maximum degree of purity [Kaplan]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum

11969

Models nicely separate particulars from their clothing, and logicians often accept that metaphysically [Kaplan]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

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Only natural kinds and their members have real essences [Suárez, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity

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The simplest solution to transworld identification is to adopt bare particulars [Kaplan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts

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Unusual people may have no counterparts, or several [Kaplan]

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Essence is a transworld heir line, rather than a collection of properties [Kaplan]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy

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Sentences might have the same sense when logically equivalent - or never have the same sense [Kaplan]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

7563	The old 'influx' view of causation says it is a flow of accidental properties from A to B [Suárez, by Jolley]