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'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'Causal Powers' and 'A Study of Concepts'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity
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What reduces the field of the possible is a step towards necessity [Harré/Madden]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity
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There is 'absolute' necessity (implied by all propositions) and 'relative' necessity (from what is given) [Harré/Madden]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
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Logical necessity is grounded in the logical form of a statement [Harré/Madden]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 7. Natural Necessity
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The relation between what a thing is and what it can do or undergo relate by natural necessity [Harré/Madden]
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Natural necessity is not logical necessity or empirical contingency in disguise [Harré/Madden]
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A necessity corresponds to the nature of the actual [Harré/Madden]
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Natural necessity is when powerful particulars must produce certain results in a situation [Harré/Madden]
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People doubt science because if it isn't logically necessary it seems to be absolutely contingent [Harré/Madden]
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Property or event relations are naturally necessary if generated by essential mechanisms [Harré/Madden]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity
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Transcendental necessity is conditions of a world required for a rational being to know its nature [Harré/Madden]
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There is a transcendental necessity for each logical necessity, but the transcendental extends further [Harré/Madden]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals
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Counterfactuals are just right for analysing statements about the powers which things have [Harré/Madden]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 3. Necessity by Convention
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If natural necessity is used to include or exclude some predicate, the predicate is conceptually necessary [Harré/Madden]
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Having a child is contingent for a 'man', necessary for a 'father'; the latter reflects a necessity of nature [Harré/Madden]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts
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Is conceptual necessity just conventional, or does it mirror something about nature? [Harré/Madden]
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There is a conceptual necessity when properties become a standard part of a nominal essence [Harré/Madden]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
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Necessity and contingency are separate from the a priori and the a posteriori [Harré/Madden]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible
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If Goldbach's Conjecture is true (and logically necessary), we may be able to conceive its opposite [Harré/Madden]
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