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Murray Kiteley and Terry Parsons made helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. William Lycan made helpful comments on several drafts of this apper. John Pollock made valuable suggestions for improvement of the penultimate draft. Without the generous assistance of Edmund Gettier, this paper would be even less coherent than it is. I thank all these people for their help.
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Austin, D.F. Plantinga on actualism and essences. Philosophical Studies 39, 35–42 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354811
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