The Grounds of Necessity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4990605 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ross P Cameron (0000-0002-0959-965X, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 348-358 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2010.00296.x |
| OpenAlex | W2137426867 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 20 |
Some truths are necessary, others could have been false. Why? What is the source of the distinction between the necessary and the contingent? What's so special about the necessary truths that account for their necessity? In this article, we look at some of the most promising accounts of the grounds of necessity: David Lewis' reduction of necessity to truth at all possible worlds; Kit Fine's reduction of necessity to essence; and accounts of necessity that take the distinction between the necessary and the contingent to be a matter of convention
Convention · Epistemology · Law and economics · Political science · Possible world · Sociology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Law · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |