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All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Possible Worlds' and 'Natural Theology'

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9 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
15789 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
21982 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
15790 Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]
15791 What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
21275 Unlike a stone, the parts of a watch are obviously assembled in order to show the time [Paley]
21276 From the obvious purpose and structure of a watch we must infer that it was designed [Paley]
21277 Even an imperfect machine can exhibit obvious design [Paley]
21278 All the signs of design found in a watch are also found in nature [Paley]
21357 No organ shows purpose more obviously than the eyelid [Paley]