Contingentism about Individuals and Higher-Order Necessitism
Necessitism about individuals claims that necessarily every individual necessarily exists. An analogous necessitist thesis attributes necessary existence to properties and relations. Both theses have been defended by Williamson. Furthermore, Williamson specifically argues against the hybrid conjunct...
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| description | Necessitism about individuals claims that necessarily every individual necessarily exists. An analogous necessitist thesis attributes necessary existence to properties and relations. Both theses have been defended by Williamson. Furthermore, Williamson specifically argues against the hybrid conjunction of first-order contingentism (the negation of necessitism about individuals) and higher-order necessitism; a combination that would bring about additional drawbacks. I work out a defence of the hybrid combination, including some replies to Williamson’s additional objections. Considerations of ontological parsimony and pre-theoretical intuitions favour the hybrid view over necessitism at all orders (which Williamson mainly defends by invoking considerations of simplicity). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b2f29f7692e4d1d849f2ae42087ede42022-12-22T00:20:51ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTheoria0495-45482171-679X2013-09-0128339340610.1387/theoria.68828095Contingentism about Individuals and Higher-Order NecessitismManuel Pérez OteroNecessitism about individuals claims that necessarily every individual necessarily exists. An analogous necessitist thesis attributes necessary existence to properties and relations. Both theses have been defended by Williamson. Furthermore, Williamson specifically argues against the hybrid conjunction of first-order contingentism (the negation of necessitism about individuals) and higher-order necessitism; a combination that would bring about additional drawbacks. I work out a defence of the hybrid combination, including some replies to Williamson’s additional objections. Considerations of ontological parsimony and pre-theoretical intuitions favour the hybrid view over necessitism at all orders (which Williamson mainly defends by invoking considerations of simplicity).http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/6882Williamsonontological parsimonypre-theoretical intuitionsBarcan Formulasimplicitypossible worlds semanticsmodal logiccontingentismnecessitism |
| spellingShingle | Manuel Pérez Otero Contingentism about Individuals and Higher-Order Necessitism Theoria Williamson ontological parsimony pre-theoretical intuitions Barcan Formula simplicity possible worlds semantics modal logic contingentism necessitism |
| title | Contingentism about Individuals and Higher-Order Necessitism |
| title_full | Contingentism about Individuals and Higher-Order Necessitism |
| title_fullStr | Contingentism about Individuals and Higher-Order Necessitism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contingentism about Individuals and Higher-Order Necessitism |
| title_short | Contingentism about Individuals and Higher-Order Necessitism |
| title_sort | contingentism about individuals and higher order necessitism |
| topic | Williamson ontological parsimony pre-theoretical intuitions Barcan Formula simplicity possible worlds semantics modal logic contingentism necessitism |
| url | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/6882 |
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