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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Certain Physical Essays' and 'Reference and Contingency'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

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'Superficial' contingency: false in some world; 'Deep' contingency: no obvious verification [Evans, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

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Rigid designators can be meaningful even if empty [Evans, by Mackie,P]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Explanation is generally to deduce it from something better known, which comes in degrees [Boyle]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

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The best explanations get down to primary basics, but others go less deep [Boyle]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

3031	The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]