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All the ideas for 'Anti-essentialism', 'The Philosophy of Leibniz' and 'What Metaphors Mean'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

7529	All philosophy should begin with an analysis of propositions [Russell]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Logical space is abstracted from the actual world [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum

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For the bare particular view, properties must be features, not just groups of objects [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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An essential property is one had in all the possible worlds where a thing exists [Stalnaker]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

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Necessarily self-identical, or being what it is, or its world-indexed properties, aren't essential [Stalnaker]

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

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Bare particular anti-essentialism makes no sense within modal logic semantics [Stalnaker]

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

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Why imagine that Babe Ruth might be a billiard ball; nothing useful could be said about the ball [Stalnaker]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor

7777	We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false [Davidson]

7776	Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean [Davidson]

7775	Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules [Davidson]