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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?' and 'Homeostasis, Species and Higher Taxa'

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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

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Modal Rationalism: conceivability gives a priori access to modal truths [Chalmers, by Stalnaker]

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Evaluate primary possibility from some world, and secondary possibility from this world [Chalmers, by Vaidya]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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The properties of an electron can't be explained just as 'clustering' [Chakravartty on Boyd]

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Properties cluster together, either because of intrinsic relations, or because of an underlying process [Boyd, by Chakravartty]