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All the ideas for 'Essays on Intellectual Powers: Conception', 'Things qua Truthmakers' and 'Evil and Omnipotence'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Every proposition is entirely about being [Lewis]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

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Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible

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Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

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Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference

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A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil

1472	The propositions that God is good and omnipotent, and that evil exists, are logically contradictory [Mackie, by PG]

1473	Is evil an illusion, or a necessary contrast, or uncontrollable, or necessary for human free will? [Mackie, by PG]