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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Occasions of Identity' and 'The Logic of Decision'

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8 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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A CAR and its major PART can become identical, yet seem to have different properties [Gallois]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time

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Gallois hoped to clarify identity through time, but seems to make talk of it impossible [Hawley on Gallois]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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Gallois is committed to identity with respect to times, and denial of simple identity [Gallois, by Sider]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 6. Identity between Objects

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Occasional Identity: two objects can be identical at one time, and different at others [Gallois, by Hawley]

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

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A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]