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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Fragments', 'A Problem about Substitutional Quantification?' and 'The Flow of Time'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

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The substitutional quantifier is not in competition with the standard interpretation [Kripke, by Marcus (Barcan)]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is' [Kierkegaard]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism

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Presentists lack the materials for a realist view of change [Price,H]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / d. Time series

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The present moment, time's direction, and time's dynamic quality seem to be objective facts [Price,H]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow

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We must explain either the existence of a time direction, or our psychological sense of it [Price,H]