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Ideas for 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction', 'Material Beings' and 'Disputationes metaphysicae'

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

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Actuality proves possibility, but that doesn't explain how it is possible [Inwagen]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

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Scholastics assess possibility by what has actually happened in reality [Suárez, by Boulter]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts

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Counterparts reduce counterfactual identity to problems about similarity relations [Inwagen]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / e. Possible Objects

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A merely possible object clearly isn't there, so that is a defective notion [Inwagen]

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Merely possible objects must be consistent properties, or haecceities [Inwagen]