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Full Idea
I do not regard logical necessitation as a kind of necessity. It is logically possible that George Orwell is not Eric Blair, but in what sense is this any kind of possibility? It arises from having two names, but that confers no genuine possibility.
Gist of Idea
Logical necessitation is not a kind of necessity; George Orwell not being Eric Blair is not a real possibility
Source
Alexander Bird (Nature's Metaphysics [2007], 3.1.2)
Book Ref
Bird,Alexander: 'Nature's Metaphysics' [OUP 2007], p.48
A Reaction
How refreshing. All kinds of concepts like this are just accepted by philosophers as obvious, until someone challenges them. The whole undergrowth of modal thinking needs a good flamethrower taken to it.