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Single Idea 14223
[filed under theme 10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality
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Full Idea
De dicto necessity is a species of de re necessity. Anyone prone to countenance de dicto necessity must recognise mental and/or linguistic entities, thus counting each of them as a res to which necessity attaches.
Gist of Idea
De dicto necessity has linguistic entities as their source, so it is a type of de re necessity
Source
Scott Shalkowski (Essence and Being [2008], 'Essent')
Book Ref
'Being: Developments in Contemporary Metaphysics', ed/tr. Le Poidevin,R [CUP 2008], p.51
A Reaction
This seems to rest on the Kit Fine thought that analytic necessities seem to derive from the essences of words such as 'bachelor'. I like this idea: all necessity is de re, but some of the 'things' are words.
The
14 ideas
with the same theme
[modes of reality, or modes of statement about it]:
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14641
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A deduction is necessary if the major (but not the minor) premise is also necessary
[Aristotle]
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8481
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The de dicto-de re modality distinction dates back to Abelard
[Abelard, by Orenstein]
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14645
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To be necessarily greater than 7 is not a trait of 7, but depends on how 7 is referred to
[Quine]
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14975
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A de dicto necessity is true in all worlds, but not necessarily of the same thing in each world
[Cresswell]
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14642
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Expressing modality about a statement is 'de dicto'; expressing it of property-possession is 'de re'
[Plantinga]
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14643
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'De dicto' true and 'de re' false is possible, and so is 'de dicto' false and 'de re' true
[Plantinga]
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14649
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Can we find an appropriate 'de dicto' paraphrase for any 'de re' proposition?
[Plantinga]
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14652
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'De re' modality is as clear as 'de dicto' modality, because they are logically equivalent
[Plantinga]
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16079
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De re modal predicates are ambiguous
[Lewis, by Rudder Baker]
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14223
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De dicto necessity has linguistic entities as their source, so it is a type of de re necessity
[Shalkowski]
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12003
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De re modal formulae, unlike de dicto, are sensitive to transworld identities
[Forbes,G]
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15420
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De re modality seems to apply to objects a concept intended for sentences
[Burgess]
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15175
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Evaluation of de dicto modalities does not depend on the identity of its objects
[Sidelle]
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5732
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'De re' modality is about things themselves, 'de dicto' modality is about propositions
[Melia]
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