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All the ideas for 'Folk Psychology', 'Reply to Second Objections' and 'Actualism and Possible Worlds'

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11 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Necessary beings (numbers, properties, sets, propositions, states of affairs, God) exist in all possible worlds [Plantinga]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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Socrates is a contingent being, but his essence is not; without Socrates, his essence is unexemplified [Plantinga]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

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Possible worlds clarify possibility, propositions, properties, sets, counterfacts, time, determinism etc. [Plantinga]

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

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Plantinga's actualism is nominal, because he fills actuality with possibilia [Stalnaker on Plantinga]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

3622	The Cogito is not a syllogism but a self-evident intuition [Descartes]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology

7518	If folk psychology gives a network of causal laws, that fits neatly with functionalism [Churchland,PM]

7520	Folk psychology never makes any progress, and is marginalised by modern science [Churchland,PM]

7519	Many mental phenomena are totally unexplained by folk psychology [Churchland,PM]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 8. Possible Worlds Semantics

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Plantinga has domains of sets of essences, variables denoting essences, and predicates as functions [Plantinga, by Stalnaker]

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Plantinga's essences have their own properties - so will have essences, giving a hierarchy [Stalnaker on Plantinga]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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Are propositions and states of affairs two separate things, or only one? I incline to say one [Plantinga]