Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Bertrand Russell, Johann Gottfried Herder and Brian Ellis

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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Only the actual exists, so possibilities always reduce to actuality after full analysis [Russell]

5479	Scientific essentialists say science should define the limits of the possible [Ellis]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

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Contingency arises from tensed verbs changing the propositions to which they refer [Russell]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

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Inferring q from p only needs p to be true, and 'not-p or q' to be true [Russell]

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All forms of implication are expressible as truth-functions [Russell]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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It makes no sense to say that a true proposition could have been false [Russell]