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Ideas for 'Knowledge, Possibility and Consciousness', 'Philosophy without Intuitions' and 'Conceptual truth and metaphysical necessity'

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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]

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]

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]

4899	Possible worlds thinking has clarified the logic of modality, but is problematic in epistemology [Perry]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

4898	Possible worlds are indices for a language, or concrete realities, or abstract possibilities [Perry]