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'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Identity and Necessity' and 'Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics'
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals
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Counterfactuals are essential for planning, and learning from mistakes [Hofweber]
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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 / 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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