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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'In Defense of Absolute Essentialism' and 'Category Mistakes'

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts

13810	The source of de dicto necessity is not concepts, but the actual properties of the thing [Forbes,G]
	Full Idea: It is widely held that the source of de dicto necessity is in concepts, ..but I deny this... even with simple de dicto necessities, the source of the necessity is to be found in the properties to which the predicates of the de dicto truth refer.
	From: Graeme Forbes (In Defense of Absolute Essentialism [1986], 3)
	A reaction: It is normal nowadays to say this about de re necessities, but this is more unusual.