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All the ideas for 'Possible Worlds', 'Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks' and 'English as a Formal Language'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions

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'The' is a quantifier, like 'every' and 'a', and does not result in denotation [Montague]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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We can take 'ways things might have been' as irreducible elements in our ontology [Stalnaker, by Lycan]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence

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It is absurd to think you can change your own essence, like a garment [Nietzsche]