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'Analyzing Modality', 'Absolute Necessities' and 'Seven Quodlibets'
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19 ideas
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity
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Absolute necessity might be achievable either logically or metaphysically [Hale]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity
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Maybe not-p is logically possible, but p is metaphysically necessary, so the latter is not absolute [Hale]
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A strong necessity entails a weaker one, but not conversely; possibilities go the other way [Hale]
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'Relative' necessity is just a logical consequence of some statements ('strong' if they are all true) [Hale]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
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Metaphysical necessity says there is no possibility of falsehood [Hale]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
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'Broadly' logical necessities are derived (in a structure) entirely from the concepts [Hale]
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Logical necessities are true in virtue of the nature of all logical concepts [Hale]
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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 / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts
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Conceptual necessities are made true by all concepts [Hale]
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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 / e. Against possible worlds
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If other worlds exist, then they are scattered parts of the actual world [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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Worlds don't explain necessity; we use necessity to decide on possible worlds [Jubien]
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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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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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We mustn't confuse a similar person with the same person [Jubien]
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