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Full Idea
So-called broadly logical necessity (by which I mean, not necessarily formal logical necessity) is an epistemic notion.
Gist of Idea
Broadly logical necessity (i.e. not necessarily formal logical necessity) is an epistemic notion
Source
Dorothy Edgington (Two Kinds of Possibility [2004], §I)
A Reaction
This is controversial, and is criticised by McFetridge and Rumfitt. Fine argues that 'narrow' (formal) logical necessity is metaphysical. Between them they have got rid of logical necessity completely.