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'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Identity and Necessity' and 'Understanding and Essence'
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 3. A Posteriori Necessary
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It is necessary that this table is not made of ice, but we don't know it a priori [Kripke]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Define conceivable; how reliable is it; does inconceivability help; and what type of possibility results? [Vaidya]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable
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Inconceivability (implying impossibility) may be failure to conceive, or incoherence [Vaidya]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation
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A 'rigid designator' designates the same object in all possible worlds [Kripke]
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We cannot say that Nixon might have been a different man from the one he actually was [Kripke]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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Modal statements about this table never refer to counterparts; that confuses epistemology and metaphysics [Kripke]
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