Sobre El Abuso de Lo Necesario A Posteriori

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Resumen: El presente escrito argumenta cómo el denominado abuso de lo necesario a posteriori, propuesto en Beebee y Sabbarton-Leary, asume erróneamente que: a) los enunciados necesarios a posteriori requieren un compromiso metafísico con un esencialismo no trivial; y b) que el experimento mental de la tierra gemela cumple un rol evidencial en la determinación de lo necesario a posteriori. Contra a), se sostiene que lo necesario a posteriori no requiere un compromiso esencialista no trivial; a lo sumo, el esencialismo no trivial es consecuencia de la propuesta de lo necesario a posteriori. Contra b), se afirma cómo el experimento mental de la tierra gemela cumple un rol subsidiario, explicativo y no evidencial. Esto evita un compromiso ontológico con el nexo concebible - posible. Luego, se discute cómo la noción de co- referencialidad rígida es una vía de solución a la exigencia de esencialismo no trivial. Finalmente, se considera de qué modo el esencialismo científico de Brian Ellis, al enunciar condiciones a priori de satisfacción, no afecta la justificación de lo necesario a posteriori. Del mismo modo, se defiende un nexo término rígido de jure/clase sustancial - término rígido de facto/clase propiedad.: This paper discusses how the so-called "abuse of the necessary a posteriori", proposed by Beebee and Sabbarton-Leary, erroneously assumes that: a) necessary a posteriori statements require a metaphysical commitment to a non-trivial essentialism, and b) the thought experiment of the twin earth fulfills an evidential role in determining the necessary a posteriori. Against a), it is argued that the necessary a posteriori does not require a non-trivial essentialist commitment; at most, nontrivial essentialism is a consequence of the necessary a posteriori. Contra b), it is stated how the thought experiment of the twin earth fulfills a subsidiary, explanatory, and non-evidential role. This prevents an ontological commitment to the conceivable-possible connection. It is then discussed how the notion of rigid coreferentiality is a way of solving the non-trivial essentialism requirement. Finally, we consider how Brian Ellis' scientific essentialism, in stating a priori conditions of satisfaction, does not affect the necessary a posteriori justification.

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