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'fragments/reports', 'Conceptual truth and metaphysical necessity' and 'The Trouble with Possible Worlds'
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts
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The necessity of a proposition concerns reality, not our words or concepts [Stalnaker]
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Conceptual possibilities are metaphysical possibilities we can conceive of [Stalnaker]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 3. A Posteriori Necessary
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Critics say there are just an a priori necessary part, and an a posteriori contingent part [Stalnaker]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds
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A 'centred' world is an ordered triple of world, individual and time [Stalnaker]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
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Treating possible worlds as mental needs more actual mental events [Lycan]
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Possible worlds must be made of intensional objects like propositions or properties [Lycan]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / c. Worlds as propositions
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If 'worlds' are sentences, and possibility their consistency, consistency may rely on possibility [Lycan]
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