Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Possible Worlds' and 'Introduction to 'Absolute Generality''

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10 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

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The two best understood conceptions of set are the Iterative and the Limitation of Size [Rayo/Uzquiano]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / m. Axiom of Separation

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Some set theories give up Separation in exchange for a universal set [Rayo/Uzquiano]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

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We could have unrestricted quantification without having an all-inclusive domain [Rayo/Uzquiano]

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Absolute generality is impossible, if there are indefinitely extensible concepts like sets and ordinals [Rayo/Uzquiano]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 5. Second-Order Quantification

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Perhaps second-order quantifications cover concepts of objects, rather than plain objects [Rayo/Uzquiano]

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

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Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]

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What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning

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The domain of an assertion is restricted by context, either semantically or pragmatically [Rayo/Uzquiano]