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All the ideas for 'Reference and Contingency', 'A Plea for Substitutional Quantification' and 'The Parts of Animals'

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4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 4. Alethic Modal Logic

9470	Modal logic is not an extensional language [Parsons,C]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

9469	Substitutional existential quantifier may explain the existence of linguistic entities [Parsons,C]

9468	On the substitutional interpretation, '(∃x) Fx' is true iff a closed term 't' makes Ft true [Parsons,C]

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]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain

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The brain has no responsibility for sensations, which occur in the heart [Aristotle]