Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Hermarchus, Sydney Shoemaker and Arthur C. Danto

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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]

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]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible

8562	It is possible to conceive what is not possible [Shoemaker]