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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Laches' and 'The Limits of Contingency'

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity

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Metaphysical necessity is absolute and universal; metaphysical possibility is very tolerant [Rosen]

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'Metaphysical' modality is the one that makes the necessity or contingency of laws of nature interesting [Rosen]

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Sets, universals and aggregates may be metaphysically necessary in one sense, but not another [Rosen]

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Standard Metaphysical Necessity: P holds wherever the actual form of the world holds [Rosen]

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Non-Standard Metaphysical Necessity: when ¬P is incompatible with the nature of things [Rosen]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

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Something may be necessary because of logic, but is that therefore a special sort of necessity? [Rosen]