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'What is the Source of Knowledge of Modal Truths?', 'Causal and Metaphysical Necessity' and 'On the Essence of Truth'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity
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Logical necessities, based on laws of logic, are a proper sub-class of metaphysical necessities [Lowe]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
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'Metaphysical' necessity is absolute and objective - the strongest kind of necessity [Lowe]
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If something is possible, but not nomologically possible, we need metaphysical possibility [Shoemaker]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 2. Epistemic possibility
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'Epistemic' necessity is better called 'certainty' [Lowe]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 6. Necessity from Essence
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If an essence implies p, then p is an essential truth, and hence metaphysically necessary [Lowe]
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Metaphysical necessity is either an essential truth, or rests on essential truths [Lowe]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
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Once you give up necessity as a priori, causal necessity becomes the main type of necessity [Shoemaker]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Empirical evidence shows that imagining a phenomenon can show it is possible [Shoemaker]
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Imagination reveals conceptual possibility, where descriptions avoid contradiction or incoherence [Shoemaker]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds
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We could give up possible worlds if we based necessity on essences [Lowe]
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