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10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Necessity makes alternatives impossible [Aristotle]

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Kripke says his necessary a posteriori examples are known a priori to be necessary [Kripke, by Mackie,P]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

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A thing has a feature necessarily if its denial brings a contradiction [Aristotle]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 7. Natural Necessity

4797	Instead of being regularities, maybe natural laws are the weak a posteriori necessities of Kripke [Kripke, by Psillos]

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Physical necessity may be necessity in the highest degree [Kripke]