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Single Idea 15224

[catalogued under 10. Modality / A. Necessity / 7. Natural Necessity]

Full Idea

There is a necessity corresponding to the nature of the actual.

Gist of Idea

A necessity corresponds to the nature of the actual

Source

Harré,R./Madden,E.H. (Causal Powers [1975], 1.III.C)

Book Reference

Harré,R/Madden,E.H.: 'Causal Powers: A Theory of Natural Necessity' [Blackwell 1975], p.16


A Reaction

A nice slogan for the assertion of a genuine and distinct natural necessity. Hence every possible world will have its own distinctive natural necessity. If the actual contains the possible, then there are possible new natural necessities in the actual!