Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Friedrich Schlegel, Samir Okasha and David J.Chalmers

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
16425 Metaphysical necessity is a bizarre, brute and inexplicable constraint on possibilities [Chalmers]
16424 Strong metaphysical necessity allows fewer possible worlds than logical necessity [Chalmers]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 10. Impossibility
16426 How can we know the metaphysical impossibilities; the a posteriori only concerns this world [Chalmers]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
13956 Kripke is often taken to be challenging a priori insights into necessity [Chalmers]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
13963 Maybe logical possibility does imply conceivability - by an ideal mind [Chalmers]
16473 Modal Rationalism: conceivability gives a priori access to modal truths [Chalmers, by Stalnaker]
19258 Evaluate primary possibility from some world, and secondary possibility from this world [Chalmers, by Vaidya]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible
2407 One can wrongly imagine two things being non-identical even though they are the same (morning/evening star) [Chalmers]