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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity

9442	The only necessity is logical necessity [Wittgenstein]
	Full Idea: The only necessity that exists is logical necessity.
	From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 6.37)
	A reaction: For Wittgenstein that will mean conventional necessity. He is taking a standard Humean view of these things.