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'Analyzing Modality', 'An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth' and 'Thinking About Logic'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity
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Equating necessity with truth in every possible world is the S5 conception of necessity [Read]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
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De re necessity is just de dicto necessity about object-essences [Jubien]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals
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The standard view of conditionals is that they are truth-functional [Read]
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Some people even claim that conditionals do not express propositions [Read]
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The point of conditionals is to show that one will accept modus ponens [Read]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality
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Modal propositions transcend the concrete, but not the actual [Jubien]
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Your properties, not some other world, decide your possibilities [Jubien]
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Modal truths are facts about parts of this world, not about remote maximal entities [Jubien]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds
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Knowledge of possible worlds is not causal, but is an ontology entailed by semantics [Read]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / c. Possible worlds realism
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How can modal Platonists know the truth of a modal proposition? [Read]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism
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Actualism is reductionist (to parts of actuality), or moderate realist (accepting real abstractions) [Read]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds
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We have no idea how many 'possible worlds' there might be [Jubien]
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If there are no other possible worlds, do we then exist necessarily? [Jubien]
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If all possible worlds just happened to include stars, their existence would be necessary [Jubien]
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Possible worlds just give parallel contingencies, with no explanation at all of necessity [Jubien]
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If other worlds exist, then they are scattered parts of the actual world [Jubien]
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Worlds don't explain necessity; we use necessity to decide on possible worlds [Jubien]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / c. Worlds as propositions
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A possible world is a determination of the truth-values of all propositions of a domain [Read]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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If worlds are concrete, objects can't be present in more than one, and can only have counterparts [Read]
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We mustn't confuse a similar person with the same person [Jubien]
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