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| Necessity de re: is a controversial form of necessity which assumes that it can be stated about objects whether or not they necessarily have certain properties. The counter position is that necessity can only be assumed de dicto, i.e. as a property of the linguistic forms with which can be spoken about objects. See also de dicto, de re, planet example._____________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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Peter M. Simons on Necessity de re - Dictionary of Arguments
I 257 Necessity de re/necessary de re/Simons: e.g. Tom cannot exist without a head. Def essential/Simons: e.g. Tom cannot exist otherwise than as a huamn. He is essentially human. OthersVs: ((s) somewhere: Kripke could have been an aardvark.) Simons: against necessity de dicto: this is a property of sentences. >de dicto. Then the following is wrong: the fact that Tom is a human would be necessary. Must de re/Simons: the de re must necessarily ascribes an object to an attribute. >de re necessity/Wiggins. I 269 Necessity/Wiggins: neccessity is based on l-abstraction (lambda abstraction) and is working, instead of using the sentence operator "N". >Lambda abstraction. QuineVsWiggins: misleading: "Nec[(lx)(ly)(x = y)]" " the relation as any r and s have, if they are necessarily identical Â". Correct: "(lx)(ly)(N(x = y)". SimonsVsWiggins:  Nec  seems to be superfluous and Wiggins indicates this himself._____________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. |
Simons I P. Simons Parts. A Study in Ontology Oxford New York 1987 |
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