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'Essence and Potentiality', 'Morals and Modals' and 'Locke on Essences and Kinds'
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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 / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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Possible worlds allow us to talk about degrees of possibility [Vetter]
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Maybe possibility is constituted by potentiality [Vetter]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity
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If we are told the source of necessity, this seems to be a regress if the source is not already necessary [Blackburn]
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If something underlies a necessity, is that underlying thing necessary or contingent? [Blackburn, by Hale/Hoffmann,A]
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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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