Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, M Fitting/R Mendelsohn and Rod Girle
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity
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Analytic truths are divided into logically and conceptually necessary [Girle]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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7801
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Possibilities can be logical, theoretical, physical, economic or human [Girle]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds
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A world has 'access' to a world it generates, which is important in possible worlds semantics [Girle]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
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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 / 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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