Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Gottfried Leibniz and Thomas Mautner

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive

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Some necessary truths are brute, and others derive from final causes [Leibniz]

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

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A perfect idea of an object shows that the object is possible [Leibniz]

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

5449	Essentialism is often identified with belief in 'de re' necessary truths [Mautner]