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All the ideas for 'The Guide of the Perplexed', 'Essentialists and Essentialism' and 'Merely Possible Propositions'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

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Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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The distinction between necessary and essential properties can be ignored [Rocca]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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A 'Russellian proposition' is an ordered sequence of individual, properties and relations [Stalnaker]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

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We can approach knowledge of God by negative attributes [Maimonides]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity

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Thinking of God as resembling humans results from a bad translation of Genesis 1:26 [Maimonides]