Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Reason, Emotions and Good Life', 'On the Frame of Reference' and 'Two Kinds of Possibility'

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6 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

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Substitutional quantification is just a variant of Tarski's account [Wallace, by Baldwin]

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]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

4316	Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham]