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Full Idea
We distinguish between the necessary truths proper, those that hold whatever the circumstances, and the transcendent truths, those that hold regardless of the circumstances.
Gist of Idea
Proper necessary truths hold whatever the circumstances; transcendent truths regardless of circumstances
Source
Kit Fine (Necessity and Non-Existence [2005], Intro)
Book Ref
Fine,Kit: 'Modality and Tense' [OUP 2005], p.321
A Reaction
Fine's project seems to be dividing the necessities which derive from essence from the necessities which tended to be branded in essentialist discussions as 'trivial'.
| 3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 450 | Necessity sets limits on being, in order to give it identity [Parmenides] |
| 490 | Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus] |
| 15231 | Transcendental necessity is conditions of a world required for a rational being to know its nature [Harré/Madden] |
| 15234 | There is a transcendental necessity for each logical necessity, but the transcendental extends further [Harré/Madden] |
| 15064 | Proper necessary truths hold whatever the circumstances; transcendent truths regardless of circumstances [Fine,K] |