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'On the Philosophy of Logic', 'Potentiality' and 'Recent Debates on the A Priori'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity
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The modern revival of necessity and possibility treated them as special cases of quantification [Vetter]
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It is necessary that p means that nothing has the potentiality for not-p [Vetter]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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Possibilities are potentialities of actual things, but abstracted from their location [Vetter]
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We can't explain 'possibility' in terms of 'possible' worlds [Fisher]
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All possibility is anchored in the potentiality of individual objects [Vetter]
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Possibility is a generalised abstraction from the potentiality of its bearer [Vetter]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 4. Potentiality
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Potentiality is the common genus of dispositions, abilities, and similar properties [Vetter]
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Water has a potentiality to acquire a potentiality to break (by freezing) [Vetter]
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A potentiality may not be a disposition, but dispositions are strong potentialities [Vetter, by Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
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Potentiality does the explaining in metaphysics; we don't explain it away or reduce it [Vetter]
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Potentiality logic is modal system T. Stronger systems collapse iterations, and necessitate potentials [Vetter]
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There are potentialities 'to ...', but possibilities are 'that ....'. [Vetter]
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Potentialities may be too weak to count as 'dispositions' [Vetter]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals
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If all truths are implied by a falsehood, then not-p might imply both q and not-q [Fisher]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals
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In relevance logic, conditionals help information to flow from antecedent to consequent [Fisher]
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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 sets of propositions, how do we know which propositions are genuinely possible? [Vetter]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / e. Possible Objects
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Are there possible objects which nothing has ever had the potentiality to produce? [Vetter]
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