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'Metaphysics', 'De Re and De Dicto' and 'Logical Investigations'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity
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Necessity makes alternatives impossible [Aristotle]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality
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Expressing modality about a statement is 'de dicto'; expressing it of property-possession is 'de re' [Plantinga]
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'De dicto' true and 'de re' false is possible, and so is 'de dicto' false and 'de re' true [Plantinga]
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Can we find an appropriate 'de dicto' paraphrase for any 'de re' proposition? [Plantinga]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
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A thing has a feature necessarily if its denial brings a contradiction [Aristotle]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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Anything which is possible either exists or will come into existence [Aristotle]
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Possibility is when the necessity of the contrary is false [Aristotle]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 4. Potentiality
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A 'potentiality' is a principle of change or process in a thing [Aristotle]
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We recognise potentiality from actuality [Aristotle]
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Potentialities are always for action, but are conditional on circumstances [Aristotle]
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Things are destroyed not by their powers, but by their lack of them [Aristotle]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 6. Necessity from Essence
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Some things have external causes of their necessity; others (the simple) generate necessities [Aristotle]
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Aristotle's says necessary truths are distinct and derive from essential truths [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
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What Socrates could have been, and could have become, are different? [Plantinga]
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