Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Penelope Mackie and Simon Blackburn
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
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Asserting a necessity just expresses our inability to imagine it is false [Blackburn]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity
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If we are told the source of necessity, this seems to be a regress if the source is not already necessary [Blackburn]
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If something underlies a necessity, is that underlying thing necessary or contingent? [Blackburn, by Hale/Hoffmann,A]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
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Transworld identity without individual essences leads to 'bare identities' [Mackie,P]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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De re modality without bare identities or individual essence needs counterparts [Mackie,P]
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Things may only be counterparts under some particular relation [Mackie,P]
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Possibilities for Caesar must be based on some phase of the real Caesar [Mackie,P]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism
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The theory of 'haecceitism' does not need commitment to individual haecceities [Mackie,P]
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