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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'De Essentia' and 'Justice as fairness: Political not Metaphysical'

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity
A snowball's haecceity is the property of being identical with itself [Plantinga, by Westerhoff]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness
The maximisation of happiness must be done fairly [Rawls, by Smart]