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Ideas for 'Causation', 'fragments/reports' and 'In Defense of Absolute Essentialism'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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A proposition is possible if it is true when nothing stops it being true [Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

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Conditionals are false if the falsehood of the conclusion does not conflict with the antecedent [Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

8425	For true counterfactuals, both antecedent and consequent true is closest to actuality [Lewis]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts

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The source of de dicto necessity is not concepts, but the actual properties of the thing [Forbes,G]