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Ideas for 'Thinking About Mathematics', 'Inventing Logical Necessity' and 'Nature's Metaphysics'

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

9482	If the laws necessarily imply p, that doesn't give a new 'nomological' necessity [Bird]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

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Logical necessity involves a decision about usage, and is non-realist and non-cognitive [Wright,C, by McFetridge]

9481	Logical necessitation is not a kind of necessity; George Orwell not being Eric Blair is not a real possibility [Bird]