Full Idea
It is widely held that the source of de dicto necessity is in concepts, ..but I deny this... even with simple de dicto necessities, the source of the necessity is to be found in the properties to which the predicates of the de dicto truth refer.
Gist of Idea
The source of de dicto necessity is not concepts, but the actual properties of the thing
Source
Graeme Forbes (In Defense of Absolute Essentialism [1986], 3)
Book Reference
'Midwest Studs XI:Essentialism', ed/tr. French,Uehling,Wettstein [Minnesota 1986], p.11
A Reaction
It is normal nowadays to say this about de re necessities, but this is more unusual.
Related Ideas
Idea 12028 De re necessity is a form of conceptual necessity, just as de dicto necessity is [Forbes,G]
Idea 5732 'De re' modality is about things themselves, 'de dicto' modality is about propositions [Melia]