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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity
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Humeans say that we decide what is necessary [Sider]
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Modal terms in English are entirely contextual, with no modality outside the language [Sider]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 3. Necessity by Convention
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If truths are necessary 'by convention', that seems to make them contingent [Sider]
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Conventionalism doesn't seem to apply to examples of the necessary a posteriori [Sider]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts
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Humeans says mathematics and logic are necessary because that is how our concept of necessity works [Sider]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality
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The world does not contain necessity and possibility - merely how things are [Sider]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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Only ideal conceivability could indicate what is possible [Schaffer,J]
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