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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Go Figure: a Path through Fictionalism' and 'Actualism and Thisness'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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Fictionalism allows that simulated beliefs may be tracking real facts [Yablo]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

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Adams says actual things have haecceities, but not things that only might exist [Adams,RM, by Stalnaker]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

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Governing possible worlds theory is the fiction that if something is possible, it happens in a world [Yablo]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]