Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Michael Jubien and Socrates
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity
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Entailment does not result from mutual necessity; mutual necessity ensures entailment [Jubien]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
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De re necessity is just de dicto necessity about object-essences [Jubien]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity
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Modality concerns relations among platonic properties [Jubien]
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To analyse modality, we must give accounts of objects, properties and relations [Jubien]
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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality
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Modal propositions transcend the concrete, but not the actual [Jubien]
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Your properties, not some other world, decide your possibilities [Jubien]
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Modal truths are facts about parts of this world, not about remote maximal entities [Jubien]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds
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We have no idea how many 'possible worlds' there might be [Jubien]
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If there are no other possible worlds, do we then exist necessarily? [Jubien]
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If all possible worlds just happened to include stars, their existence would be necessary [Jubien]
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Possible worlds just give parallel contingencies, with no explanation at all of necessity [Jubien]
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If other worlds exist, then they are scattered parts of the actual world [Jubien]
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Worlds don't explain necessity; we use necessity to decide on possible worlds [Jubien]
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The love of possible worlds is part of the dream that technical logic solves philosophical problems [Jubien]
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Possible worlds don't explain necessity, because they are a bunch of parallel contingencies [Jubien]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / c. Counterparts
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We mustn't confuse a similar person with the same person [Jubien]
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