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All the ideas for 'works', 'Later Letters to Dedekind' and 'The Trouble with Possible Worlds'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

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The Razor seems irrelevant for Meinongians, who allow absolutely everything to exist [Lycan]

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Maybe Ockham's Razor is a purely aesthetic principle [Lycan]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

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Cantor gives informal versions of ZF axioms as ways of getting from one set to another [Cantor, by Lake]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

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Maybe non-existent objects are sets of properties [Lycan]

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

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Treating possible worlds as mental needs more actual mental events [Lycan]

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Possible worlds must be made of intensional objects like propositions or properties [Lycan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / c. Worlds as propositions

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If 'worlds' are sentences, and possibility their consistency, consistency may rely on possibility [Lycan]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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The most important aspect of a human being is not reason, but passion [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]