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All the ideas for 'Evil and Omnipotence', 'De arcanus motus' and 'Many, but almost one'

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8 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

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Because of the definitions of cause, effect and power, cause and effect have the same power [Leibniz]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Every necessary proposition is demonstrable to someone who understands [Leibniz]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil

1473	Is evil an illusion, or a necessary contrast, or uncontrollable, or necessary for human free will? [Mackie, by PG]

1472	The propositions that God is good and omnipotent, and that evil exists, are logically contradictory [Mackie, by PG]