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Ideas for 'works', 'World and Essence' and 'Possible Worlds'

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

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'De re' modality is as clear as 'de dicto' modality, because they are logically equivalent [Plantinga]

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

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We can imagine being beetles or alligators, so it is possible we might have such bodies [Plantinga]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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We can take 'ways things might have been' as irreducible elements in our ontology [Stalnaker, by Lycan]