Armstrong resisted identifying these complete descriptions of ways things could be with the possible worlds, as an abstractionist might, since Armstrong believed that worlds are supposed to be objects like our cosmos, rather than descriptions, properties, or other such abstract objects.
We are supposed to be objects of desire, not desiring beings.
Many are dilligently taking notes, as if the news that "the anus is not supposed to recieve objects, it's designed to excrete waste" is a biological revelation and one which needs to be shared with a lot of people, a lot of the time.
(Meinong 1972, §25) An object's nuclear properties are supposed to constitute the object's "nature", while its extranuclear properties are supposed to be external to the object's nature.
Of course, Reagan never exercised the third leg of this so-called strategy, unless the Caribbean island of Grenada is supposed to be an object lesson in how this works in countries with enormous land masses, large populations, and -- sorry to say -- their own cultures.
The dog is not supposed to drop the object before you say it's okay to do so.
Classes were supposed to be logical objects par excellence.
If the propositions that are supposed to be the objects of a priori justification and knowledge are really counterfactual conditionals, then our justification for believing them could rest on empirical evidence (Williamson 2007b).
This is reasonably realistic: skyscraper windows are not supposed to shatter when objects make contact with them.
But now, there's no Blockbuster, and entertainment is streamlined by Netflix and Hulu, a world of cinema accessible through iPads and Blu-ray players...we're not supposed to own physical objects...But still, many of us are burdened by those tons of plastic discs and cases.
