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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?' and 'Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks'

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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

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Modal Rationalism: conceivability gives a priori access to modal truths [Chalmers, by Stalnaker]

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Evaluate primary possibility from some world, and secondary possibility from this world [Chalmers, by Vaidya]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence

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It is absurd to think you can change your own essence, like a garment [Nietzsche]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]