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'Causal and Metaphysical Necessity', 'Meinong on Complexes and Assumptions' and 'A Pragmatic Conception of the A Priori'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
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If something is possible, but not nomologically possible, we need metaphysical possibility [Shoemaker]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
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Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency
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Contingency arises from tensed verbs changing the propositions to which they refer [Russell]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
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Once you give up necessity as a priori, causal necessity becomes the main type of necessity [Shoemaker]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Empirical evidence shows that imagining a phenomenon can show it is possible [Shoemaker]
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Imagination reveals conceptual possibility, where descriptions avoid contradiction or incoherence [Shoemaker]
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