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All the ideas for 'Open Society and Its Enemies:Hegel and Marx', 'Foucault: a very short introduction' and 'Absolute Necessities'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / d. Nineteenth century philosophy

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Since Kant, self-criticism has been part of philosophy [Gutting]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 4. Linguistic Structuralism

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Structuralism describes human phenomena in terms of unconscious structures [Gutting]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

5451	Popper felt that ancient essentialism was a bar to progress [Popper, by Mautner]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Absolute necessity might be achievable either logically or metaphysically [Hale]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity

8261	Maybe not-p is logically possible, but p is metaphysically necessary, so the latter is not absolute [Hale]

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A strong necessity entails a weaker one, but not conversely; possibilities go the other way [Hale]

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'Relative' necessity is just a logical consequence of some statements ('strong' if they are all true) [Hale]

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

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Metaphysical necessity says there is no possibility of falsehood [Hale]

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

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'Broadly' logical necessities are derived (in a structure) entirely from the concepts [Hale]

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Logical necessities are true in virtue of the nature of all logical concepts [Hale]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts

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Conceptual necessities are made true by all concepts [Hale]