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[from 'Absolute Necessities' by Bob Hale, in 10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity ]

Full Idea

Necessity is 'relative' if a claim of φ-necessary that p just claims that it is a logical consequence of some statements Φ that p. We have a 'strong' version if we add that the statements in Φ are all true, and a 'weak' version if not.

Gist of Idea

'Relative' necessity is just a logical consequence of some statements ('strong' if they are all true)

Source

Bob Hale (Absolute Necessities [1996], 1)

Book Reference

-: 'Philosophical Perspectives' [-], p.94


A Reaction

I'm not sure about 'logical' consequence here. It may be necessary that a thing be a certain way in order to qualify for some category (which would be 'relative'), but that seems like 'sortal' necessity rather than logical.