Lexicon of Arguments

 

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Necessary/Dennett: Computer simulation: "mistakenly taking a failure of imagination for necessity."
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Necessity/Dennett: The necessity that goes well with blind generation is the necessity of reason.
Kant: "hypothetical imperative":
"If you want to reach goal Z, you must do so under the circumstances."
I 243
Natural Laws/laws/Lee Smolin: Smolin put forward the thesis according to which new universes arise in black holes. Some have slightly changed physical constants and may therefore only exist for a very short time.
Dennett: there is no reaper here, everyone dies in due time. In this view, the fact that we live in a universe of black holes is neither coincidence nor absolute necessity. It is an almost- necessity.
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"Historical property"/QUERTY-Keyboard/Dennett: Such a phenomenon, e.g. that with the computer keyboard a system has established itself that is not optimal, but also can no longer be improved, can also be reversed if the corresponding conditions occur.
Example: Transition from RNA to DNA. A double strand is cheaper for troubleshooting. But: this does not lead to the (wrong) conclusion that the double-stranded DNA must develop. Rather: if it develops by chance, then possibilities open up that are dependent on it. Thus it becomes a necessity for those specimens in space of all possible forms of life that profit from it.