Ideas from 'Does Conceivability Entail Possibility?' by David J.Chalmers [2002], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Conceivability and Possibility' (ed/tr Gendler,T.S. /Hawthorne,J) [OUP 2002,0-19-825090-8]].

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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
Modal Rationalism: conceivability gives a priori access to modal truths [Stalnaker]
Evaluate primary possibility from some world, and secondary possibility from this world [Vaidya]