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All the ideas for 'In Praed.', 'Events' and 'A Plea for Substitutional Quantification'

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11 ideas

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 4. Alethic Modal Logic

9470	Modal logic is not an extensional language [Parsons,C]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

9469	Substitutional existential quantifier may explain the existence of linguistic entities [Parsons,C]

9468	On the substitutional interpretation, '(∃x) Fx' is true iff a closed term 't' makes Ft true [Parsons,C]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

15567

Some events involve no change; they must, because causal histories involve unchanges [Lewis]

15561

The events that suit semantics may not be the events that suit causation [Lewis]

15565

Events have inbuilt essences, as necessary conditions for their occurrence [Lewis]

15566

Events are classes, and so there is a mereology of their parts [Lewis]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

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An event is a property of a unique space-time region [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

15563

Properties are very abundant (unlike universals), and are used for semantics and higher-order variables [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

16776

Substance is an intrinsic thing, so parts of substances can't also be intrinsic things [Duns Scotus]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

15562

Causation is a general relation derived from instances of causal dependence [Lewis]