Single Idea 14101

[catalogued under 10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity]

Full Idea

Fine says a truth is necessary when it is a logical consequence of the essential truths, but maybe it is a consequence of the essential truths together with the basic grounding laws (the 'Moorean connections').

Gist of Idea

Are necessary truths rooted in essences, or also in basic grounding laws?

Source

Gideon Rosen (Metaphysical Dependence [2010], 13)

Book Reference

'Modality', ed/tr. Hale,B/Hoffman,A [OUP 2010], p.133


A Reaction

I'm with Fine all the way here, as we really don't need to clog nature up with things called 'grounding laws', which are both obscure and inexplicable. Fine's story is the one for naturalistically inclined philosophers.