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All the ideas for 'Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations'', 'Counterfactuals' and 'Deriving Kripkean Claims with Abstract Objects'

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6 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

10558

Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

14361

Lewis says indicative conditionals are truth-functional [Lewis, by Jackson]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

8434	In good counterfactuals the consequent holds in world like ours except that the antecedent is true [Lewis, by Horwich]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy

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If my conception of pain derives from me, it is a contradiction to speak of another's pain [Malcolm]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

10557

Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory

9419	A law of nature is a general axiom of the deductive system that is best for simplicity and strength [Lewis]