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All the ideas for 'Exigency to Exist in Essences', 'Schopenhauer' and 'How to Russell a Frege-Church'

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8 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

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We become objective when we detach ourselves from the world [Janaway]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

11989

For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz]

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God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

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The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism

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'Haecceitism' says that sameness or difference of individuals is independent of appearances [Kaplan]

9668	'Haecceitism' is common thisness under dissimilarity, or distinct thisnesses under resemblance [Kaplan]

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If quantification into modal contexts is legitimate, that seems to imply some form of haecceitism [Kaplan]