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6987 | We should not multiply senses of necessity beyond necessity [Jackson] |
Full Idea: We should not multiply senses of necessity beyond necessity. | |
From: Frank Jackson (From Metaphysics to Ethics [1998], Ch.3) | |
A reaction: It would be nice if there was just one sense of necessity, with the multiplication arising from the different ways in which necessities arise. In chess, checkmate is a necessity which rests on contingencies. Absolute necessities seem different. |