Are There Necessary Connections in Nature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10707386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Milton Fisk (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 385-404 |
| Publication date | 1970-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/288315 |
| OpenAlex | W2050416791 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
The following questions are discussed here. Is induction a reasonable procedure in the context of a denial of physically necessary connections? What is physical necessity? If induction does presuppose physical necessity, what amount of it is presupposed ? It is argued that with logic as the only restriction on what is to count as a possible world, it is unreasonable to claim that observed connections, whether universal or statistical, will continue to hold. The concept of physical necessity is no more problematic than that of logical necessity, once it is recognized that the necessity of physical and logical necessity is the same. A variant of Keynes' principle of limited independent variety answers the question of the amount of physical necessity presupposed
Context (archaeology) · Denial · Epistemology · Linguistics · Logical analysis · Logical conjunction · Variety (cybernetics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1971 - 2013 (43) |
| Highly cited | No |