Essence and Necessity

Abstract What is the relation between metaphysical necessity and essence? This paper defends the view that the relation is one of identity: metaphysical necessity is a special case of essence. My argument consists in showing that the best joint theory of essence and metaphysical neces...

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1. Verfasser: Ditter, Andreas
Weitere Verfasser: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Springer Netherlands 2022
Online Zugang:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142848