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Necessity, philosophy: different kinds of necessity are distinguished, differing in their strength. For example, physical, logical or metaphysical necessity. See also necessity de dicto, 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. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Logic Texts on Necessity - Dictionary of Arguments
Read III 67 Necessity: the classical criterion of logical concluding does not mention necessity! >Conclusion. III 140 Necessity a posteriori (empirical): Kripke: believes in the necessity of the origin. - E.g., Margret Thatcher could not have been Stalin's daughter. Naturally the KGB could reveal a gigantic conspiracy that the baby had been foisted at the time. - But this is an epistemic possibility - metaphysical, there is no possibility. >Possibility, >Metaphysical possibility, >Necessity a posteriori. III 141 Necessary/a priori/Kripke/Read: the separation between the necessary and the apriori: surprising consequence: every statement a priori is equivalent to a contingent statement. >Contingency. Distinction with a rigid designator for the truth value: not "the truth value of A" but "the actual truth value of A"- truth is not a property. >Truth, >Rigidity._____________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. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Logic Texts Me I Albert Menne Folgerichtig Denken Darmstadt 1988 HH II Hoyningen-Huene Formale Logik, Stuttgart 1998 Re III Stephen Read Philosophie der Logik Hamburg 1997 Sal IV Wesley C. Salmon Logic, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 1973 - German: Logik Stuttgart 1983 Sai V R.M.Sainsbury Paradoxes, Cambridge/New York/Melbourne 1995 - German: Paradoxien Stuttgart 2001 Re III St. Read Thinking About Logic: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic. 1995 Oxford University Press German Edition: Philosophie der Logik Hamburg 1997 |