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All the ideas for 'Chomsky on himself', 'De Re and De Dicto' and 'Justice as fairness: Political not Metaphysical'

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10 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

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Maybe proper names involve essentialism [Plantinga]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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Could I name all of the real numbers in one fell swoop? Call them all 'Charley'? [Plantinga]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

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Surely self-identity is essential to Socrates? [Plantinga]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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An object has a property essentially if it couldn't conceivably have lacked it [Plantinga]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

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Can we find an appropriate 'de dicto' paraphrase for any 'de re' proposition? [Plantinga]

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Expressing modality about a statement is 'de dicto'; expressing it of property-possession is 'de re' [Plantinga]

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'De dicto' true and 'de re' false is possible, and so is 'de dicto' false and 'de re' true [Plantinga]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity

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What Socrates could have been, and could have become, are different? [Plantinga]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

6649	Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness

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The maximisation of happiness must be done fairly [Rawls, by Smart]