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Ideas for 'Material Beings', 'The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding' and 'Ordinary Objects'

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 3. Necessity by Convention

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Modal Conventionalism says modality is analytic, not intrinsic to the world, and linguistic [Thomasson]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

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Actuality proves possibility, but that doesn't explain how it is possible [Inwagen]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts

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Counterparts reduce counterfactual identity to problems about similarity relations [Inwagen]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / e. Possible Objects

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A merely possible object clearly isn't there, so that is a defective notion [Inwagen]

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Merely possible objects must be consistent properties, or haecceities [Inwagen]