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Ideas for 'The Nature of Things', 'Attitudes De Dicto and De Se' and 'Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey'

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

3888	Hume assumes that necessity can only be de dicto, not de re [Scruton]
	Full Idea: It was one of the assumptions of Hume's empiricism that all necessities are de dicto: i.e. they are artefacts of language.
	From: Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 13.5)

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable

3903	The conceivable can't be a test of the possible, if there are things which are possible but inconceivable [Scruton]
	Full Idea: If there are things which are possible but inconceivable, we must abandon the view, which has had a considerable following since Descartes, that the conceivable is a test of the possible.
	From: Roger Scruton (Modern Philosophy:introduction and survey [1994], 25)

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

18415	The actual world is just the world you are in [Lewis, by Cappelen/Dever]
	Full Idea: Lewis equates knowing which world is actual with knowing which world one is in.
	From: report of David Lewis (Attitudes De Dicto and De Se [1979]) by Cappelen,H/Dever,Josh - The Inessential Indexical 05.1
	A reaction: [This view is not, of course, Actualism, but an alternative treatment of actuality, within a multitude of possibilities].