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All the ideas for 'Propositions', 'Introduction to 'Modality'' and 'The Same F'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

9455	Maybe proper names have the content of fixing a thing's category [Bealer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions

9454	The four leading theories of definite descriptions are Frege's, Russell's, Evans's, and Prior's [Bealer]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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Statements of 'relative identity' are really statements of resemblance [Perry]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 1. Types of Modality

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Maybe modal thought is unavoidable, as a priori recognition of necessary truth-preservation in reasoning [Hale/Hoffmann,A]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

9453	Sentences saying the same with the same rigid designators may still express different propositions [Bealer]

9452	Propositions might be reduced to functions (worlds to truth values), or ordered sets of properties and relations [Bealer]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 2. Abstract Propositions / a. Propositions as sense

9451	Modal logic and brain science have reaffirmed traditional belief in propositions [Bealer]