Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Freedom and Reason' and 'A Theory of Conditionals'

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6 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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In nearby worlds where A is true, 'if A,B' is true or false if B is true or false [Stalnaker]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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A possible world is the ontological analogue of hypothetical beliefs [Stalnaker]

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

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

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism

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Moral statements are imperatives rather than the avowals of emotion - but universalisable [Hare, by Glock]

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Universalised prescriptivism could be seen as implying utilitarianism [Hare, by Foot]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

6449	The categorical imperative leads to utilitarianism [Hare, by Nagel]