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All the ideas for 'Reference and Contingency', 'Epistemic and Metaphysical Possibility' and 'Hobbes'

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4 ideas

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

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Logical necessity is epistemic necessity, which is the old notion of a priori [Edgington, by McFetridge]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

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'Superficial' contingency: false in some world; 'Deep' contingency: no obvious verification [Evans, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / b. Rigid designation

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Rigid designators can be meaningful even if empty [Evans, by Mackie,P]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

7413	Without confidence in our beliefs, how should we actually live? [Tuck]