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'Metaphysics', 'Essence and Potentiality' and 'Ontological Relativity'
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15 ideas
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 / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
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Metaphysical necessity is even more deeply empirical than Kripke has argued [Vetter]
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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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Possibility is when the necessity of the contrary is false [Aristotle]
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17957
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Maybe possibility is constituted by potentiality [Vetter]
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17955
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Possible worlds allow us to talk about degrees of possibility [Vetter]
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Anything which is possible either exists or will come into existence [Aristotle]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 4. Potentiality
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Potentialities are always for action, but are conditional on circumstances [Aristotle]
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We recognise potentiality from actuality [Aristotle]
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A 'potentiality' is a principle of change or process in a thing [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 / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable
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The apparently metaphysically possible may only be epistemically possible [Vetter]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds
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Closeness of worlds should be determined by the intrinsic nature of relevant objects [Vetter]
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