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'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Intensions Revisited' and 'Necessity and Non-Existence'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity
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Proper necessary truths hold whatever the circumstances; transcendent truths regardless of circumstances [Fine,K]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
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Necessity is relative to context; it is what is assumed in an inquiry [Quine]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 6. Necessity from Essence
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It is the nature of Socrates to be a man, so necessarily he is a man [Fine,K]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds
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Possible worlds are a way to dramatise essentialism, and yet they presuppose essentialism [Quine]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
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Possible worlds may be more limited, to how things might actually turn out [Fine,K]
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The actual world is a totality of facts, so we also think of possible worlds as totalities [Fine,K]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation
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A rigid designator (for all possible worlds) picks out an object by its essential traits [Quine]
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