Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Michael Tooley, Fraser MacBride and Scott Soames
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
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There are more metaphysically than logically necessary truths [Soames]
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We understand metaphysical necessity intuitively, from ordinary life [Soames]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
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Wittgenstein's plan to show there is only logical necessity failed, because of colours [MacBride]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 3. Necessity by Convention
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A key achievement of Kripke is showing that important modalities are not linguistic in source [Soames]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
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Kripkean possible worlds are abstract maximal states in which the real world could have been [Soames]
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