Adam of the actual world (Adam@) could not exist in a dif... — Carmelics

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Adam of the actual world (Adam@) could not exist in a different possible world.

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1.Adam@ has a complete individual concept containing all of his properties.
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2.Any substance expresses the entire world of which it is a member.
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3.A being with even one property changed would not be Adam@, but a numerically distinct individual.
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1.Kripke's essentialist framework allows individuals to persist across possible worlds while retaining only essential properties, not all properties.
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2.The haecceity of Adam@ can anchor trans-world identity independently of his complete descriptive concept.
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3.If rigid designation tracks the individual rather than the description, Adam@ can inhabit worlds where his accidental properties differ.
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