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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'The Intentional Fallacy' and 'Modality'

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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

5738	We may be sure that P is necessary, but is it necessarily necessary? [Melia]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

5732	'De re' modality is about things themselves, 'de dicto' modality is about propositions [Melia]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

5739	Sometimes we want to specify in what ways a thing is possible [Melia]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

5734	Possible worlds make it possible to define necessity and counterfactuals without new primitives [Melia]

5742	In possible worlds semantics the modal operators are treated as quantifiers [Melia]

5743	If possible worlds semantics is not realist about possible worlds, logic becomes merely formal [Melia]

5749	Possible worlds could be real as mathematics, propositions, properties, or like books [Melia]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

5751	The truth of propositions at possible worlds are implied by the world, just as in books [Melia]