Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Crispin Wright and Robert C. Stalnaker

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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive

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Necessity and possibility are fundamental, and there can be no reductive analysis of them [Stalnaker]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts

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The necessity of a proposition concerns reality, not our words or concepts [Stalnaker]

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Conceptual possibilities are metaphysical possibilities we can conceive of [Stalnaker]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality

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Modal concepts are central to the actual world, and shouldn't need extravagant metaphysics [Stalnaker]