10 ideas
14626 | In S5 matters of possibility and necessity are non-contingent [Williamson] |
19494 | Fictionalism allows that simulated beliefs may be tracking real facts [Yablo] |
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] |
19493 | Governing possible worlds theory is the fiction that if something is possible, it happens in a world [Yablo] |
14628 | Imagination is important, in evaluating possibility and necessity, via counterfactuals [Williamson] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |