Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Possible Worlds' and 'On the Source of Necessity'

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7 ideas

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 3. Modal Logic Systems / g. System S4

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S4 says there must be some necessary truths (the actual ones, of which there is at least one) [Cameron]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

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Blackburn fails to show that the necessary cannot be grounded in the contingent [Cameron]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]

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What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]

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

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

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / f. Eternalism

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The 'moving spotlight' theory makes one time privileged, while all times are on a par ontologically [Cameron]