Single Idea 15228

[catalogued under 10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary]

Full Idea

The concepts of necessity and contingency are detached from those of the apriori and the a posteriori.

Gist of Idea

Necessity and contingency are separate from the a priori and the a posteriori

Source

Harré,R./Madden,E.H. (Causal Powers [1975], 1.IV)

Book Reference

Harré,R/Madden,E.H.: 'Causal Powers: A Theory of Natural Necessity' [Blackwell 1975], p.18


A Reaction

This seems to arise quite independently of Kripke, from the attack by the authors on the Humean view of modality. They also mention the possibility of the apriori contingent.