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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', '64: Gryllus - on Rationality in Animals' and 'Possible Worlds'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

15789

Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]

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

14296

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

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

15790

Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]

15791

What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

1477	Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure

1478	Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

1479	Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch]