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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Course of Positive Philosophy' and 'Two Kinds of Possibility'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

7491	The phases of human thought are theological, then metaphysical, then positivist [Comte, by Watson]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 1. Types of Modality

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There are two families of modal notions, metaphysical and epistemic, of equal strength [Edgington]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity

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Metaphysical possibility is discovered empirically, and is contrained by nature [Edgington]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

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Broadly logical necessity (i.e. not necessarily formal logical necessity) is an epistemic notion [Edgington]

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An argument is only valid if it is epistemically (a priori) necessary [Edgington]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]