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10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts

15087	Conceptual necessities are made true by all concepts [Hale]
	Full Idea: Conceptual necessities can be taken to be propositions which are true in virtue of the nature of all concepts.
	From: Bob Hale (Absolute Necessities [1996], p.9)
	A reaction: Fine endorse essences for these concepts. Could we then come up with a new concept which contradicted all the others, and destroyed the necessity? Yes, presumably. Presumably witchcraft and astrology are full of 'conceptual necessities'.