Ideas from 'Causal and Metaphysical Necessity' by Sydney Shoemaker [1998], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Identity, Cause and Mind' by Shoemaker,Sydney [OUP 2003,0-19-926470-8]].
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5. Theory of Logic / I. Semantics of Logic / 3. Logical Truth
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Restrict 'logical truth' to formal logic, rather than including analytic and metaphysical truths
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
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A property's causal features are essential, and only they fix its identity
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I claim that a property has its causal features in all possible worlds
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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I now deny that properties are cluster of powers, and take causal properties as basic
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
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If something is possible, but not nomologically possible, we need metaphysical possibility
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
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Once you give up necessity as a priori, causal necessity becomes the main type of necessity
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Empirical evidence shows that imagining a phenomenon can show it is possible
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Imagination reveals conceptual possibility, where descriptions avoid contradiction or incoherence
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14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem
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'Grue' only has causal features because of its relation to green
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
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We might say laws are necessary by combining causal properties with Armstrong-Dretske-Tooley laws
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