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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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Daniel Dennett on Necessity - Dictionary of Arguments
I 228 Necessary/Dennett: Computer simulation: "mistakenly taking a failure of imagination for necessity." I 176 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. I 273 "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._____________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. |
Dennett I D. Dennett Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, New York 1995 German Edition: Darwins gefährliches Erbe Hamburg 1997 Dennett II D. Dennett Kinds of Minds, New York 1996 German Edition: Spielarten des Geistes Gütersloh 1999 Dennett III Daniel Dennett "COG: Steps towards consciousness in robots" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Dennett IV Daniel Dennett "Animal Consciousness. What Matters and Why?", in: D. C. Dennett, Brainchildren. Essays on Designing Minds, Cambridge/MA 1998, pp. 337-350 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 |
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