Hale, R. and Leech, J. (2016) Relative Necessity Reformulated. Journal of Philosophical Logic. ISSN 1573-0433
Abstract
This paper discusses some serious difficulties for what we shall call the standard account of various kinds of relative necessity, according to which any given kind of relative necessity may be defined by a strict conditional - necessarily, if C then p - where C is a suitable constant proposition, such as a conjunction of physical laws. We argue, with the help of Humberstone (1981), that the standard account has several unpalatable consequences. We argue that Humberstone's alternative account has certain disadvantages, and offer another - considerably simpler - solution.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) |
Keywords: | Absolute; Humberstone; Logical; Necessity; Relative; Two-dimensionalism |
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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) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2016 14:09 |
Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2016 14:09 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s10992-015-9391-5 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10992-015-9391-5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93184 |