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Single Idea 11112
[filed under theme 10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds
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Full Idea
In the world theory, what passes for 'necessity' is just a bunch of parallel 'contingencies'. The theory provides no basis for understanding why these contingencies repeat unremittingly across the board (while others do not).
Gist of Idea
Possible worlds just give parallel contingencies, with no explanation at all of necessity
Source
Michael Jubien (Analyzing Modality [2007], 1)
Book Ref
'Oxford Studies in Metaphysics vol.3', ed/tr. Zimmerman,Dean W. [OUP 2007], p.105
The
14 ideas
from 'Analyzing Modality'
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11105
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We have no idea how many 'possible worlds' there might be
[Jubien]
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11110
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We mustn't confuse a similar person with the same person
[Jubien]
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11107
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If there are no other possible worlds, do we then exist necessarily?
[Jubien]
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11108
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Your properties, not some other world, decide your possibilities
[Jubien]
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11111
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Modal truths are facts about parts of this world, not about remote maximal entities
[Jubien]
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11109
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If other worlds exist, then they are scattered parts of the actual world
[Jubien]
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11106
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If all possible worlds just happened to include stars, their existence would be necessary
[Jubien]
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11112
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Possible worlds just give parallel contingencies, with no explanation at all of necessity
[Jubien]
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11113
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Worlds don't explain necessity; we use necessity to decide on possible worlds
[Jubien]
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11115
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'All horses' either picks out the horses, or the things which are horses
[Jubien]
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11116
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Being a physical object is our most fundamental category
[Jubien]
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11117
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Haecceities implausibly have no qualities
[Jubien]
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11118
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Modal propositions transcend the concrete, but not the actual
[Jubien]
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11119
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De re necessity is just de dicto necessity about object-essences
[Jubien]
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