Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Letters to Regius', 'Semantics for Natural Languages' and 'Modal Logic as Metaphysics'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / e. Possible Objects

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If talking donkeys are possible, something exists which could be a talking donkey [Williamson, by Cameron]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

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Davidson rejected ordinary meaning, and just used truth and reference instead [Davidson, by Soames]

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Davidson aimed to show that language is structured by first-order logic [Davidson, by Smart]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

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An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau]