Combining Philosophers
Ideas for La Mettrie, Willard Quine and M Fitting/R Mendelsohn
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds
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Possible worlds are a way to dramatise essentialism, and yet they presuppose essentialism [Quine]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
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Can an unactualized possible have self-identity, and be distinct from other possibles? [Quine]
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We can't quantify in modal contexts, because the modality depends on descriptions, not objects [Quine, by Fine,K]
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□ must be sensitive as to whether it picks out an object by essential or by contingent properties [Fitting/Mendelsohn]
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Objects retain their possible properties across worlds, so a bundle theory of them seems best [Fitting/Mendelsohn]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation
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A rigid designator (for all possible worlds) picks out an object by its essential traits [Quine]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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Counterpart relations are neither symmetric nor transitive, so there is no logic of equality for them [Fitting/Mendelsohn]
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