Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Herodotus, Harold Hodes and Sydney Shoemaker
expand these ideas
|
start again
|
choose
another area for these philosophers
display all the ideas for this combination of philosophers
7 ideas
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
15099
|
If something is possible, but not nomologically possible, we need metaphysical possibility [Shoemaker]
|
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
8554
|
Possible difference across worlds depends on difference across time in the actual world [Shoemaker]
|
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
15101
|
Once you give up necessity as a priori, causal necessity becomes the main type of necessity [Shoemaker]
|
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
15764
|
'Conceivable' is either not-provably-false, or compatible with what we know? [Shoemaker]
|
15098
|
Empirical evidence shows that imagining a phenomenon can show it is possible [Shoemaker]
|
15100
|
Imagination reveals conceptual possibility, where descriptions avoid contradiction or incoherence [Shoemaker]
|
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible
8562
|
It is possible to conceive what is not possible [Shoemaker]
|