Combining Philosophers
Ideas for W Wimsatt/W Beardsley, H.A. Prichard and Alan Sidelle
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality
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Evaluation of de dicto modalities does not depend on the identity of its objects [Sidelle]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 3. Necessity by Convention
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Necessary a posteriori is conventional for necessity and nonmodal for a posteriority [Sidelle, by Sider]
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To know empirical necessities, we need empirical facts, plus conventions about which are necessary [Sidelle]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 3. A Posteriori Necessary
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The necessary a posteriori is statements either of identity or of essence [Sidelle]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Empiricism explores necessities and concept-limits by imagining negations of truths [Sidelle]
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Contradictoriness limits what is possible and what is imaginable [Sidelle]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
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The individuals and kinds involved in modality are also a matter of convention [Sidelle]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation
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A thing doesn't need transworld identity prior to rigid reference - that could be a convention of the reference [Sidelle]
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'Dthat' operates to make a singular term into a rigid term [Sidelle]
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