Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hermarchus, Marcel Proust and Sydney Shoemaker
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
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Once you give up necessity as a priori, causal necessity becomes the main type of necessity [Shoemaker]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
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'Conceivable' is either not-provably-false, or compatible with what we know? [Shoemaker]
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Empirical evidence shows that imagining a phenomenon can show it is possible [Shoemaker]
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Imagination reveals conceptual possibility, where descriptions avoid contradiction or incoherence [Shoemaker]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible
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It is possible to conceive what is not possible [Shoemaker]
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