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

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5 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation

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We should accept as explanations all the plausible ways in which something could come about [Epicurus]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics

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'Water' is two-dimensionally inconstant, with different intensions in different worlds [Chalmers, by Sider]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

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A cosmos is a collection of stars and an earth, with some sort of boundary, movement and shape [Epicurus]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1828	God does not intervene in heavenly movements, but is beyond all action and perfectly happy [Epicurus]