Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Thales, Leucippus and Trenton Merricks

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

490	Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

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Counterfactuals aren't about actuality, so they lack truthmakers or a supervenience base [Merricks]

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

3013	Nothing is stronger than necessity, which rules everything [Thales, by Diog. Laertius]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts

6133	If my counterpart is happy, that is irrelevant to whether I 'could' have been happy [Merricks]

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If 'Fido is possibly black' depends on Fido's counterparts, then it has no actual truthmaker [Merricks]