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'fragments/reports', 'On the Philosophy of Logic' and 'Reference and Modality'
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality
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To be necessarily greater than 7 is not a trait of 7, but depends on how 7 is referred to [Quine]
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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
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Whether 9 is necessarily greater than 7 depends on how '9' is described [Quine, by Fine,K]
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Necessity only applies to objects if they are distinctively specified [Quine]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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We can't explain 'possibility' in terms of 'possible' worlds [Fisher]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals
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If all truths are implied by a falsehood, then not-p might imply both q and not-q [Fisher]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals
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In relevance logic, conditionals help information to flow from antecedent to consequent [Fisher]
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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 3. Transworld Objects / a. Transworld identity
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We can't quantify in modal contexts, because the modality depends on descriptions, not objects [Quine, by Fine,K]
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