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All the ideas for 'Possible Worlds', 'Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher' and 'Scattered Objects'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / a. Scattered objects

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Clearly a pipe can survive being taken apart [Cartwright,R]

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Bodies don't becomes scattered by losing small or minor parts [Cartwright,R]

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]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime

1658	In early Greece the word for punishment was also the word for vengeance [Vlastos]