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'Parmenides', 'Conceptual truth and metaphysical necessity' and 'Ways Worlds Could Be'
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts
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Conceptual possibilities are metaphysical possibilities we can conceive of [Stalnaker]
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The necessity of a proposition concerns reality, not our words or concepts [Stalnaker]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 3. A Posteriori Necessary
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Critics say there are just an a priori necessary part, and an a posteriori contingent part [Stalnaker]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds
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A 'centred' world is an ordered triple of world, individual and time [Stalnaker]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
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Structural universals might serve as possible worlds [Forrest, by Lewis]
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