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'The Philosophy of Philosophy', 'Nietzsche, Genealogy, History' and 'The Metaphysics of Modality'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality
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De re modal formulae, unlike de dicto, are sensitive to transworld identities [Forbes,G]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts
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De re necessity is a form of conceptual necessity, just as de dicto necessity is [Forbes,G]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
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Modal thinking isn't a special intuition; it is part of ordinary counterfactual thinking [Williamson]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Williamson can't base metaphysical necessity on the psychology of causal counterfactuals [Lowe on Williamson]
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We scorn imagination as a test of possibility, forgetting its role in counterfactuals [Williamson]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / c. Possible worlds realism
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Unlike places and times, we cannot separate possible worlds from what is true at them [Forbes,G]
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The problem with possible worlds realism is epistemological; we can't know properties of possible objects [Forbes,G]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
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Possible worlds are points of logical space, rather like other times than our own [Forbes,G]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
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Transworld identity concerns the limits of possibility for ordinary things [Forbes,G]
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The problem of transworld identity can be solved by individual essences [Forbes,G]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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Counterpart theory is not good at handling the logic of identity [Forbes,G]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / d. Haecceitism
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Haecceitism attributes to each individual a primitive identity or thisness [Forbes,G]
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We believe in thisnesses, because we reject bizarre possibilities as not being about that individual [Forbes,G]
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