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All the ideas for 'On Plural Reference and Set Theory', 'A World of States of Affairs' and 'On 'Physics''

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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

4742	Correspondence may be one-many or many one, as when either p or q make 'p or q' true [Armstrong]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms

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A 'singulariser' converts a plural like 'number of' to a syntactically neutral form [Cartwright,H, by Hossack]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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Everything that exists is either a substance or an accident [Albert of Saxony]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

9497	Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

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Properties are contingently existing beings with multiple locations in space and time [Armstrong, by Lewis]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

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God could make a successive thing so that previous parts cease to exist [Albert of Saxony]

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Successive entities just need parts to succeed one another, without their existence [Albert of Saxony]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

4743	The truth-maker for a truth must necessitate that truth [Armstrong]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4798	In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos]