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'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'Nature's Metaphysics' and 'Physics'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity
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If the laws necessarily imply p, that doesn't give a new 'nomological' necessity [Bird]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
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Logical necessitation is not a kind of necessity; George Orwell not being Eric Blair is not a real possibility [Bird]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 4. Potentiality
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Matter is potentiality [Aristotle, by Politis]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance
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Intrinsic cause is prior to coincidence, so nature and intelligence are primary causes, chance secondary [Aristotle]
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Maybe there is no pure chance; a man's choices cause his chance meetings [Aristotle]
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Chance is a coincidental cause among events involving purpose and choice [Aristotle]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Empiricist saw imaginability and possibility as close, but now they seem remote [Bird]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism
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Haecceitism says identity is independent of qualities and without essence [Bird]
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