Single Idea 17322

[catalogued under 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience]

Full Idea

Necessities supervene upon everything, but they do not depend on everything.

Gist of Idea

Necessities supervene on everything, but don't depend on everything

Source

David Liggins (Truth-makers and dependence [2012], 10.4)

Book Reference

'Metaphysical Grounding', ed/tr. Correia,F/Schnieder,B [CUP 2012], p.261


A Reaction

I'm not sure if merely existing together counts as sufficiently close to be 'supervenience'. If 2+2 necessitates 4, that hardly seems to 'supervene' on the Eiffel Tower. If so, how close must things be to qualify for supervenience?