Brown, J.L.D. orcid.org/0000-0003-3875-592X (2022) Can a necessity be the source of necessity? Argumenta, 7 (2). pp. 337-355. ISSN 2465-2334
Abstract
This paper asks whether a necessity can be the source of necessity. According to an influential argument due to Simon Blackburn, it cannot. This paper argues that although Blackburn fails to show that a necessity cannot be the source of necessity, extant accounts fail to establish that it is, with particular focus on Bob Hale’s essentialist theory and Christopher Peacocke’s ‘principle-based’ theory of modality. However, the paper makes some positive suggestions for what a satisfactory answer to the challenge must look like.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 James L. D. Brown. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Necessity; Modality; Essentialism; Bob Hale; Christopher Peacocke |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number The British Academy PF21\210089 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2022 10:27 |
Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2022 04:06 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.14275/2465-2334/202214.bro |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:189776 |
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