Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Geoffrey Gorham, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Dale Jacquette
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity
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The only necessity is logical necessity [Wittgenstein]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 3. Necessity by Convention
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For each necessity in the world there is an arbitrary rule of language [Wittgenstein]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
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The tautologies of logic show the logic of language and the world [Wittgenstein]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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What is thinkable is possible [Wittgenstein]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds
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Each thing is in a space of possible facts [Wittgenstein]
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The actual world is a consistent combination of states, made of consistent property combinations [Jacquette]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
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Unlike the modern view of a set of worlds, Wittgenstein thinks of a structured manifold of them [Wittgenstein, by White,RM]
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An imagined world must have something in common with the real world [Wittgenstein]
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The actual world is a maximally consistent combination of actual states of affairs [Jacquette]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / c. Worlds as propositions
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Do proposition-structures not associated with the actual world deserve to be called worlds? [Jacquette]
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We must experience the 'actual' world, which is defined by maximally consistent propositions [Jacquette]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
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To know an object you must know all its possible occurrences [Wittgenstein]
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The 'form' of an object is its possible roles in facts [Wittgenstein]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism
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Two objects may only differ in being different [Wittgenstein]
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