Berkeley’s Contingent Necessities

Philosophia 37 (3):361-372 (2009)
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The paper provides an account of necessary truths in Berkeley based upon his divine language model. If the thesis of the paper is correct, not all Berkeleian necessary truths can be known a priori.

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10.1007/s11406-008-9146-4

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