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'In Defense of Essentialism', 'Reply to Fourth Objections' and 'Nature's Metaphysics'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity
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If the laws necessarily imply p, that doesn't give a new 'nomological' necessity [Bird]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
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Logical necessitation is not a kind of necessity; George Orwell not being Eric Blair is not a real possibility [Bird]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Empiricist saw imaginability and possibility as close, but now they seem remote [Bird]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
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'Modal realists' believe in many concrete worlds, 'actualists' in just this world, 'ersatzists' in abstract other worlds [Paul,LA]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism
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Haecceitism says identity is independent of qualities and without essence [Bird]
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