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Quote: 'Necessarily' and 'Possibly' are referentially opaque; depends on wording; e.g., "number of planets = 9" and "9 is necessarily greater than 7"
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That the contexts 'Necessarily … ' and 'Possibly … ' are referentially opaque can now be quickly … 9, (25) The Evening Star = the Morning … [back to p. 143] (15) 9 is necessarily greater than 7, … Evening Star, (17) The number of planets is … [p. 151] necessity does not properly apply to the … apart from special ways of specifying them. Google-1 Google-2
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