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De Dicto vs De Re

De dicto modal claims are about the modality of a whole proposition; de re modal claims are about a modal property attributed to a particular thing.

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Why it matters

Many philosophical disputes rest on the difference between saying that a statement must be true and saying that a particular thing must have a property.

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Units and lessons using this concept

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Units (1)

Modal Logic: Necessity, Possibility, and CounterfactualsStudents learn to reason about necessity, possibility, and counterfactual conditionals using the box and diamond operators, possible-worl…

Lessons (2)

Capstone: Modal Reasoning in Philosophy and ScienceModal Logic: Necessity, Possibility, and Counterfactuals Formalizing Modal ArgumentsModal Logic: Necessity, Possibility, and Counterfactuals

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