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Full Idea
My third lecture suggests that a good deal of what contemporary philosophy regards as mere physical necessity is actually necessary tout court.
Gist of Idea
What many people consider merely physically necessary I consider completely necessary
Source
Saul A. Kripke (Naming and Necessity notes and addenda [1972], Add (g))
Book Ref
Kripke,Saul: 'Naming and Necessity' [Blackwell 1980], p.164
A Reaction
He avoids the term 'metaphysically necessary', which most people would not use for this point.