Concept · Foundations
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.
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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