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All the ideas for 'Possible Worlds', 'The Philosophical Culture' and 'works'

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

1489	Modern philosophy tends to be a theory-constructing extension of science, but there is also problem-solving [Nagel]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / b. Need for substance

10710

We accept substance, to avoid infinite backwards chains of meaning [Wittgenstein, by Potter]

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

15793

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