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'The Philosophy of Philosophy', 'Women of Trachis' and 'Causal and Metaphysical Necessity'
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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 / 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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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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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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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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