Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rahulabhadra, Ramon and Theodore Sider

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

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Modal terms in English are entirely contextual, with no modality outside the language [Sider]

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Humeans say that we decide what is necessary [Sider]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 3. Necessity by Convention

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Conventionalism doesn't seem to apply to examples of the necessary a posteriori [Sider]

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If truths are necessary 'by convention', that seems to make them contingent [Sider]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts

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Humeans says mathematics and logic are necessary because that is how our concept of necessity works [Sider]

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

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The world does not contain necessity and possibility - merely how things are [Sider]