Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Reference and Contingency', 'On the Freedom of the Will' and 'Steps Towards a Constructive Nominalism'

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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta

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We renounce all abstract entities [Goodman/Quine]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

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'Superficial' contingency: false in some world; 'Deep' contingency: no obvious verification [Evans, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

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Rigid designators can be meaningful even if empty [Evans, by Mackie,P]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

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We clearly feel responsible for our deeds, because we are quite certain that we did them [Schopenhauer]