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All the ideas for 'Exigency to Exist in Essences', 'At the Existentialist Caf' and 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology

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Later phenomenologists tried hard to incorporate social relationships [Bakewell]

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Phenomenology begins from the immediate, rather than from axioms and theories [Bakewell]

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]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / g. Degrees of vagueness

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It can't be indeterminate whether x and y are identical; if x,y is indeterminate, then it isn't x,x [Salmon,N]

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]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / a. Direct reference

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Kripke and Putnam made false claims that direct reference implies essentialism [Salmon,N]