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Ideas for 'Law and Causality', 'Material Beings' and 'What is Knowledge-First Epistemology?'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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Ramsey's Test: believe the consequent if you believe the antecedent [Ramsey, by Read]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / e. Supposition conditionals

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Asking 'If p, will q?' when p is uncertain, then first add p hypothetically to your knowledge [Ramsey]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

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Actuality proves possibility, but that doesn't explain how it is possible [Inwagen]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts

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Counterparts reduce counterfactual identity to problems about similarity relations [Inwagen]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / e. Possible Objects

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A merely possible object clearly isn't there, so that is a defective notion [Inwagen]

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Merely possible objects must be consistent properties, or haecceities [Inwagen]