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Ideas for 'The Philosophy of Philosophy', 'A Powerful Particulars View of Causation' and 'Knowledge and its Limits'

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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary

9598	Modal thinking isn't a special intuition; it is part of ordinary counterfactual thinking [Williamson]

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]

9596	We scorn imagination as a test of possibility, forgetting its role in counterfactuals [Williamson]

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

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Every philosophical theory must be true in some possible world, so the ontology is hopeless [Ingthorsson]

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Worlds may differ in various respects, but no overall similarity of worlds is implied [Ingthorsson]