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| Logical necessity: property of statements, of which it is impossible that they are false. There are different types of necessity that differ in their strength e.g. physical, logical, metaphysical necessity, necessity de dicto and necessity de re._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Dictionary of Arguments. | |||
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John Bigelow on Logical Necessity - Dictionary of Arguments
I 124 Logical Necessity/Bigelow/Pargetter: the most suitable approach to it is that which does not accept truth in all possible worlds under one interpretation, but under all interpretations that do not change the framework. >Possible worlds, >Interpretation, >Necessity, >Logical truth. I 125 Frame/Bigelow/Pargetter: this is the reason why the frame is an entity of special law. >Cf. >Reference frames._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. "Vs" indicates differences in content, not necessarily the chronological progression of a controversy. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Big I J. Bigelow, R. Pargetter Science and Necessity Cambridge 1990 |
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