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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'A Plea for Substitutional Quantification' and 'The Nature of Necessity'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

9355	One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 4. Alethic Modal Logic

9470	Modal logic is not an extensional language [Parsons,C]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

9469	Substitutional existential quantifier may explain the existence of linguistic entities [Parsons,C]

9468	On the substitutional interpretation, '(∃x) Fx' is true iff a closed term 't' makes Ft true [Parsons,C]

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

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Plantinga says there is just this world, with possibilities expressed in propositions [Plantinga, by Armstrong]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

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Possibilities for an individual can only refer to that individual, in some possible world [Plantinga, by Mackie,P]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof

20704

A possible world contains a being of maximal greatness - which is existence in all worlds [Plantinga, by Davies,B]