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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Do Conditionals Have Truth Conditions?' and 'Form, Matter and Substance'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Much metaphysical debate concerns what is fundamental, rather than what exists [Koslicki]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification

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Structured wholes are united by the teamwork needed for their capacities [Koslicki]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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The form explains kind, structure, unity and activity [Koslicki]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Hylomorphic compounds need an individual form for transworld identity [Koslicki]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 6. Probability

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Truth-functional possibilities include the irrelevant, which is a mistake [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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It is a mistake to think that conditionals are statements about how the world is [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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A conditional does not have truth conditions [Edgington]

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X believes 'if A, B' to the extent that A & B is more likely than A & ¬B [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / e. Supposition conditionals

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Conditionals express what would be the outcome, given some supposition [Edgington]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]