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Ideas of Jonathan D. Jacobs, by Text
[American, fl. 2010, Professor at St Louis University.]
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2010
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A Powers Theory of Modality
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§1
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p.2
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Unlike correspondence, truthmaking can be one truth to many truthmakers, or vice versa
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§1
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p.2
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14371
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We can base counterfactuals on powers, not possible worlds, and hence define necessity
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§3
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p.6
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14372
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Possible worlds are just not suitable truthmakers for modality
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§3
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p.7
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12465
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Concrete worlds, unlike fictions, at least offer evidence of how the actual world could be
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§3
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p.7
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12464
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If some book described a possibe life for you, that isn't what makes such a life possible
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§4
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p.8
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12466
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All modality is in the properties and relations of the actual world
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§4.1
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p.11
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14375
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If structures result from intrinsic natures of properties, the 'relations' between them can drop out
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§4.2
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p.12
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12467
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Powers come from concrete particulars, not from the laws of nature
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§4.2
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p.12
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14376
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States of affairs are only possible if some substance could initiate a causal chain to get there
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§4.2.1
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p.14
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14377
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Possibilities are manifestations of some power, and impossibilies rest on no powers
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§4.3
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p.16
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14378
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Science aims at identifying the structure and nature of the powers that exist
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§4.4
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p.17
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12469
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Possible worlds semantics gives little insight into modality
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§4.4.3
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p.19
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14379
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Counterfactuals invite us to consider the powers picked out by the antecedent
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