Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Dennis Whitcomb, Bob Hale/ Aviv Hoffmann and Scott Soames

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 1. Types of Modality

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Maybe modal thought is unavoidable, as a priori recognition of necessary truth-preservation in reasoning [Hale/Hoffmann,A]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity

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We understand metaphysical necessity intuitively, from ordinary life [Soames]

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There are more metaphysically than logically necessary truths [Soames]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 3. Necessity by Convention

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A key achievement of Kripke is showing that important modalities are not linguistic in source [Soames]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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Kripkean possible worlds are abstract maximal states in which the real world could have been [Soames]