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Single Idea 15161
[filed under theme 10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity
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Full Idea
The set of metaphysically necessary truths is larger than the set of logically necessary truths.
Gist of Idea
There are more metaphysically than logically necessary truths
Source
Scott Soames (Philosophy of Language [2010], 3.1)
Book Ref
Soames,Scott: 'Philosophy of Language' [Princeton 2010], p.53
A Reaction
Likewise, the set of logically possible truths is much larger than the set of metaphysically possible truths. If a truth is logically necessary, it will clearly be metaphysically necessary. Er, unless it is necessitated by daft logic...
The
29 ideas
with the same theme
[inescapable necessity as a feature of reality]:
444
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The first way of enquiry involves necessary existence
[Parmenides]
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12668
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Metaphysical necessity holds between things in the world and things they make true
[Ellis]
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15099
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If something is possible, but not nomologically possible, we need metaphysical possibility
[Shoemaker]
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15162
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We understand metaphysical necessity intuitively, from ordinary life
[Soames]
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15161
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There are more metaphysically than logically necessary truths
[Soames]
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14677
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Metaphysical necessity is said to be unrestricted necessity, true in every world whatsoever
[Salmon,N]
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14679
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Bizarre identities are logically but not metaphysically possible, so metaphysical modality is restricted
[Salmon,N]
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14688
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Without impossible worlds, the unrestricted modality that is metaphysical has S5 logic
[Salmon,N]
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14690
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In the S5 account, nested modalities may be unseen, but they are still there
[Salmon,N]
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14685
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Metaphysical necessity is NOT truth in all (unrestricted) worlds; necessity comes first, and is restricted
[Salmon,N]
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16424
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Strong metaphysical necessity allows fewer possible worlds than logical necessity
[Chalmers]
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16425
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Metaphysical necessity is a bizarre, brute and inexplicable constraint on possibilities
[Chalmers]
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9209
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Metaphysical necessity may be 'whatever the circumstance', or 'regardless of circumstances'
[Fine,K]
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12207
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Metaphysical possibility is discovered empirically, and is contrained by nature
[Edgington]
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16063
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Metaphysical necessity is logical necessity 'broadly construed'
[Lowe, by Lynch/Glasgow]
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16531
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'Metaphysical' necessity is absolute and objective - the strongest kind of necessity
[Lowe]
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3105
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Is 'Hesperus = Phosphorus' metaphysically necessary, but not logically or epistemologically necessary?
[Segal]
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15082
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Metaphysical necessity says there is no possibility of falsehood
[Hale]
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13707
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Maybe metaphysical accessibility is intransitive, if a world in which I am a frog is impossible
[Sider]
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18849
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Metaphysical necessity is absolute and universal; metaphysical possibility is very tolerant
[Rosen]
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18850
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'Metaphysical' modality is the one that makes the necessity or contingency of laws of nature interesting
[Rosen]
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18858
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Sets, universals and aggregates may be metaphysically necessary in one sense, but not another
[Rosen]
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18857
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Standard Metaphysical Necessity: P holds wherever the actual form of the world holds
[Rosen]
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18856
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Non-Standard Metaphysical Necessity: when ¬P is incompatible with the nature of things
[Rosen]
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14094
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The excellent notion of metaphysical 'necessity' cannot be defined
[Rosen]
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16277
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Logically impossible is metaphysically impossible, but logically possible is not metaphysically possible
[Maudlin]
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11086
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Metaphysical necessity can be 'weak' (same as logical) and 'strong' (based on essences)
[Hanna]
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18816
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Metaphysical modalities respect the actual identities of things
[Rumfitt]
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17959
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Metaphysical necessity is even more deeply empirical than Kripke has argued
[Vetter]
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