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'Understanding and Essence', 'Necessary Beings' and 'Theories of Truth: a Critical Introduction'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity
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Absolute necessities are necessarily necessary [Hale]
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'Absolute necessity' is when there is no restriction on the things which necessitate p [Hale]
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Logical and metaphysical necessities differ in their vocabulary, and their underlying entities [Hale]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
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Logical necessity is something which is true, no matter what else is the case [Hale]
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Maybe each type of logic has its own necessity, gradually becoming broader [Hale]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity
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It seems that we cannot show that modal facts depend on non-modal facts [Hale]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 6. Necessity from Essence
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The big challenge for essentialist views of modality is things having necessary existence [Hale]
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Essentialism doesn't explain necessity reductively; it explains all necessities in terms of a few basic natures [Hale]
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If necessity derives from essences, how do we explain the necessary existence of essences? [Hale]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Define conceivable; how reliable is it; does inconceivability help; and what type of possibility results? [Vaidya]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable
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Inconceivability (implying impossibility) may be failure to conceive, or incoherence [Vaidya]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds
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What are these worlds, that being true in all of them makes something necessary? [Hale]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds
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Possible worlds make every proposition true or false, which endorses classical logic [Hale]
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