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All the ideas for 'The Varieties of Necessity', 'Necessary Existents' and 'Of Miracles'

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

9216	Each area of enquiry, and its source, has its own distinctive type of necessity [Fine,K]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

9214	Unsupported testimony may still be believable [Fine,K]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

19216

Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

9215	Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles

7636	It can't be more rational to believe in natural laws than miracles if the laws are not rational [Ishaq on Hume]