Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, George Molnar and Simon Blackburn

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

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Asserting a necessity just expresses our inability to imagine it is false [Blackburn]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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What is the truthmaker for a non-existent possible? [Molnar]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

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If we are told the source of necessity, this seems to be a regress if the source is not already necessary [Blackburn]

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If something underlies a necessity, is that underlying thing necessary or contingent? [Blackburn, by Hale/Hoffmann,A]