Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Herodotus, Jonathan D. Jacobs and Ian McFetridge

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

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Objectual modal realists believe in possible worlds; non-objectual ones rest it on the actual world [McFetridge]

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Possible worlds are just not suitable truthmakers for modality [Jacobs]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

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Modal realists hold that necessities and possibilities are part of the totality of facts [McFetridge]

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All modality is in the properties and relations of the actual world [Jacobs]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 6. Necessity from Essence

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We can base counterfactuals on powers, not possible worlds, and hence define necessity [Jacobs]