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'fragments/reports', 'Logic and Conversation' and 'Essence and Potentiality'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
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Metaphysical necessity is even more deeply empirical than Kripke has argued [Vetter]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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Possible worlds allow us to talk about degrees of possibility [Vetter]
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Maybe possibility is constituted by potentiality [Vetter]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals
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Conditionals are truth-functional, but we must take care with misleading ones [Grice, by Edgington]
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The odd truth table for material conditionals is explained by conversational conventions [Grice, by Fisher]
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Conditionals might remain truth-functional, despite inappropriate conversational remarks [Edgington on Grice]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / f. Pragmatics of conditionals
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A person can be justified in believing a proposition, though it is unreasonable to actually say it [Grice, by Edgington]
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10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable
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The apparently metaphysically possible may only be epistemically possible [Vetter]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds
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Closeness of worlds should be determined by the intrinsic nature of relevant objects [Vetter]
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