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Full Idea
In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation.
Gist of Idea
In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation
Source
report of David M. Armstrong (A World of States of Affairs [1997]) by Stathis Psillos - Causation and Explanation §6.3.3
Book Ref
Psillos,Stathis: 'Causation and Explanation' [Acumen 2002], p.169
A Reaction
Obviously logical necessity is not causal, but as a proposal for simplifying accounts of necessity in nature, this is wonderfully simple and appealing. Is his proposal an elevation of causation, or a degradation of necessity?
| 15550 | Properties are contingently existing beings with multiple locations in space and time [Armstrong, by Lewis] |
| 4798 | In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos] |
| 9497 | Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong] |
| 4743 | The truth-maker for a truth must necessitate that truth [Armstrong] |
| 4742 | Correspondence may be one-many or many one, as when either p or q make 'p or q' true [Armstrong] |