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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity
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We may be sure that P is necessary, but is it necessarily necessary? [Melia]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality
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'De re' modality is about things themselves, 'de dicto' modality is about propositions [Melia]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 7. Natural Necessity
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Causal necessities hold in all worlds compatible with the laws of nature [Lewis]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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Sometimes we want to specify in what ways a thing is possible [Melia]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds
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Possible worlds make it possible to define necessity and counterfactuals without new primitives [Melia]
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In possible worlds semantics the modal operators are treated as quantifiers [Melia]
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If possible worlds semantics is not realist about possible worlds, logic becomes merely formal [Melia]
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Possible worlds could be real as mathematics, propositions, properties, or like books [Melia]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions
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The truth of propositions at possible worlds are implied by the world, just as in books [Melia]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation
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It doesn't take the whole of a possible Humphrey to win the election [Lewis]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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Counterpart theory is bizarre, as no one cares what happens to a mere counterpart [Kripke on Lewis]
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Counterparts are not the original thing, but resemble it more than other things do [Lewis]
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If the closest resembler to you is in fact quite unlike you, then you have no counterpart [Lewis]
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Essential attributes are those shared with all the counterparts [Lewis]
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