Modal Realism

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Modal Realism 2016-03-26 06:26:04Post No. 889737
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Modal Realism Anonymous 2016-03-26 06:26:04 Post No. 889737 [Report]

What does /philosophy/ think of Modal Realism? Is it an evil seductress or the key to unlocking truth?

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 06:34:46 Post No.889764
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 06:34:46 Post No.889764 [Report]

Good luck getting a discussion on >analytic philosophy here

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 06:50:34 Post No.889805
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given that many people have attempting to seek truth and they all fail to persuade somebody else than themselves that they have found it, tell us why you choose to cling to the fantasy of truth ?
do you reject the principle of induction ?

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:00:05 Post No.889825
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:00:05 Post No.889825 [Report]

>>889737
It provides me with some solace that there are an infinitude of other me's living better lives. Quite a comfy feel

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:09:34 Post No.889847
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:09:34 Post No.889847 [Report]

>>889805

>>889764

As I said

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:11:08 Post No.889848
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:11:08 Post No.889848 [Report]

>>889825
>other me's
nope

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:14:00 Post No.889856
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:14:00 Post No.889856 [Report]

Choosing to take seriously the words necessity and contingency is autism

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:23:15 Post No.889871
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:23:15 Post No.889871 [Report]

>>889848
Not literally me, obviously. There's only one self that "I" can identify as "myself". But entities that look, sound, and act exactly as I do.

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:24:50 Post No.889873
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>>889871
>literally me

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:26:08 Post No.889877
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:26:08 Post No.889877 [Report]

>>889873
what's the problem f a m

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:55:27 Post No.889924
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Why do modalities matter when they are not found in the empirical world ?

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:56:30 Post No.889928
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:56:30 Post No.889928 [Report]

>>889924

It's fun to think about stuff like this

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:56:40 Post No.889929
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 07:56:40 Post No.889929 [Report]

HOW MANY POTENTIAL FAT MEN ARE THERE STANDING IN THE DOORWAY?

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 08:02:04 Post No.889939
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 08:02:04 Post No.889939 [Report]

>>889924
What is that an except from? Lewis?

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 11:40:15 Post No.890350
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 11:40:15 Post No.890350 [Report]

>>889873
i yörgled

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Anonymous 2016-03-26 12:26:51 Post No.890421
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 12:26:51 Post No.890421 [Report]

>>889856
Is "X is autism" just an updated version of the Heideggerian dismissal of the ontological as distracting from the ontic?