Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Herodotus, Peter van Inwagen and William Lycan
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality
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Actuality proves possibility, but that doesn't explain how it is possible [Inwagen]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
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Treating possible worlds as mental needs more actual mental events [Lycan]
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Possible worlds must be made of intensional objects like propositions or properties [Lycan]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / c. Worlds as propositions
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If 'worlds' are sentences, and possibility their consistency, consistency may rely on possibility [Lycan]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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Counterparts reduce counterfactual identity to problems about similarity relations [Inwagen]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / e. Possible Objects
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A merely possible object clearly isn't there, so that is a defective notion [Inwagen]
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Merely possible objects must be consistent properties, or haecceities [Inwagen]
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