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Ideas for 'Causal and Metaphysical Necessity', 'The Mind in Nature' and 'Academica'

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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]

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]

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]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / c. Possible worlds realism

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It is pointless to say possible worlds are truthmakers, and then deny that possible worlds exist [Martin,CB]