THE nature of necessity

Brian Leftow

doi:10.11612/resphil.1562

THE nature of necessity

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Abstract

I give an account of the nature of absolute or metaphysical necessity. Absolute-necessarily P, I suggest, just if it is always the case that P and there never is or was a power with a chance to bring it about, bring about a power to bring it about, etc., that not P. I display both advantages and a cost of this sort of definition.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	359-383
Number of pages	25
Journal	Res Philosophica
Volume	94
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11612/resphil.1562
State	Published - Jul 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Philosophy

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