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'fragments/reports', 'Essence and Potentiality' and 'Naming and Necessity notes and addenda'
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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 / 7. Natural Necessity
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What many people consider merely physically necessary I consider completely necessary [Kripke]
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What is often held to be mere physical necessity is actually metaphysical necessity [Kripke]
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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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Unicorns are vague, so no actual or possible creature could count as a unicorn [Kripke]
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17957
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Maybe possibility is constituted by potentiality [Vetter]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable
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17958
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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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17956
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Closeness of worlds should be determined by the intrinsic nature of relevant objects [Vetter]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds
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Possible worlds are useful in set theory, but can be very misleading elsewhere [Kripke]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation
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Kaplan's 'Dthat' is a useful operator for transforming a description into a rigid designation [Kripke]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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The best known objection to counterparts is Kripke's, that Humphrey doesn't care if his counterpart wins [Kripke, by Sider]
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