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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Foundations of Two-Dimensional Semantics' and 'Letters to Leibniz'

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4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 7. Barcan Formula
No one can conceive of a possible substance, apart from those which God has created [Arnauld]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]
19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics
'Water' is two-dimensionally inconstant, with different intensions in different worlds [Chalmers, by Sider]