On the Inflation of Necessities

Metaphysica 13 (1):51-54 (2012)
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This brief paper argues that Kripke’s thesis of the necessity of origin has some implausible consequences

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10.1007/s12133-012-0092-z

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Naming and Necessity: Lectures Given to the Princeton University Philosophy Colloquium.Saul A. Kripke - 1980 - Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Edited by Darragh Byrne & Max Kölbel.
Naming and Necessity.Saul Kripke - 2003 - In John Heil (ed.), Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology. Oxford University Press.
Necessary existents.Timothy Williamson - 2002 - In A. O'Hear (ed.), Logic, thought, and language. Cambridge University Press. pp. 233-251.
On the necessity of origin.Colin Mcginn - 1976 - Journal of Philosophy 73 (5):127-135.

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