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Ideas for 'After Finitude', 'talk' and 'Intensions Revisited'

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

8483	Necessity is relative to context; it is what is assumed in an inquiry [Quine]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

19660

Possible non-being which must be realised is 'precariousness'; absolute contingency might never not-be [Meillassoux]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

19671

The idea of chance relies on unalterable physical laws [Meillassoux]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds

13589

Possible worlds are a way to dramatise essentialism, and yet they presuppose essentialism [Quine]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

13588

A rigid designator (for all possible worlds) picks out an object by its essential traits [Quine]