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All the ideas for 'Possible Worlds', 'Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language' and 'Commentary on Euclid's 'Elements''

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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]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

13165

Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 10. Rule Following

19269

'Quus' means the same as 'plus' if the ingredients are less than 57; otherwise it just produces 5 [Kripke]

19271

No rule can be fully explained [Kripke]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

7305	Kripke's Wittgenstein says meaning 'vanishes into thin air' [Kripke, by Miller,A]

19270

If you ask what is in your mind for following the addition rule, meaning just seems to vanish [Kripke]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics

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Community implies assertability-conditions rather than truth-conditions semantics [Kripke, by Hanna]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

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The sceptical rule-following paradox is the basis of the private language argument [Kripke, by Hanna]