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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'On the Conservation of Force' and 'Counterpart theory and Quant. Modal Logic'

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity
12611 Necessity makes alternatives impossible [Aristotle]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
17852 A thing has a feature necessarily if its denial brings a contradiction [Aristotle]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 7. Natural Necessity
11978 Causal necessities hold in all worlds compatible with the laws of nature [Lewis]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
15779 Possibility is when the necessity of the contrary is false [Aristotle]
15769 Anything which is possible either exists or will come into existence [Aristotle]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 4. Potentiality
14544 Potentialities are always for action, but are conditional on circumstances [Aristotle]
15777 A 'potentiality' is a principle of change or process in a thing [Aristotle]
15778 Things are destroyed not by their powers, but by their lack of them [Aristotle]
15774 We recognise potentiality from actuality [Aristotle]
10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 6. Necessity from Essence
12612 Some things have external causes of their necessity; others (the simple) generate necessities [Aristotle]
15108 Aristotle's says necessary truths are distinct and derive from essential truths [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation
11979 It doesn't take the whole of a possible Humphrey to win the election [Lewis]
10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
16994 Counterpart theory is bizarre, as no one cares what happens to a mere counterpart [Kripke on Lewis]
11974 Counterparts are not the original thing, but resemble it more than other things do [Lewis]
11975 If the closest resembler to you is in fact quite unlike you, then you have no counterpart [Lewis]
11977 Essential attributes are those shared with all the counterparts [Lewis]