12 ideas
14626 | In S5 matters of possibility and necessity are non-contingent [Williamson] |
8978 | Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett] |
9295 | Not only substances have attributes; events, actions, states and qualities can have them [Teichmann] |
14625 | Necessity is counterfactually implied by its negation; possibility does not counterfactually imply its negation [Williamson] |
14623 | Strict conditionals imply counterfactual conditionals: □(A⊃B)⊃(A□→B) [Williamson] |
14624 | Counterfactual conditionals transmit possibility: (A□→B)⊃(◊A⊃◊B) [Williamson] |
14531 | Rather than define counterfactuals using necessity, maybe necessity is a special case of counterfactuals [Williamson, by Hale/Hoffmann,A] |
14628 | Imagination is important, in evaluating possibility and necessity, via counterfactuals [Williamson] |
9293 | Body-spirit interaction ought to result in losses and increases of energy in the material world [Teichmann] |
10364 | Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett] |
9292 | The Soul has no particular capacity (in the way thinking belongs to the mind) [Teichmann] |
9294 | No individuating marks distinguish between Souls [Teichmann] |