Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anaxarchus, Adolph Rami and Alexander Bird
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity
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If the laws necessarily imply p, that doesn't give a new 'nomological' necessity [Bird]
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Physical possibility is part of metaphysical possibility which is part of logical possibility [Rami]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
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Logical necessitation is not a kind of necessity; George Orwell not being Eric Blair is not a real possibility [Bird]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 2. Epistemic possibility
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If it is possible 'for all I know' then it is 'epistemically possible' [Rami]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 6. Probability
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Subjective probability measures personal beliefs; objective probability measures the chance of an event happening [Bird]
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Objective probability of tails measures the bias of the coin, not our beliefs about it [Bird]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Empiricist saw imaginability and possibility as close, but now they seem remote [Bird]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism
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Haecceitism says identity is independent of qualities and without essence [Bird]
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