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SUMMARY:Necessity
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LOCATION:1010 Oldfather Hall\, Lincoln\, United States
DESCRIPTION:This conference was inspired by two fairly recent\, and fairly independent\, conversations about necessity. One\, under the heading &ldquo\;metaphysics of science\,&rdquo\; is about whether any purported distinction between nomological and metaphysical necessity is dissolved if natural kinds have essential\, causally-relevant properties. \; Another\, under the heading &ldquo\;modal metaphysics\,&rdquo\; concerns what\, if anything\, makes necessity claims true. \; These conversations prompted the thought that an exploration of necessity that crosses philosophical sub-disciplines could be fruitful. \; A general investigation into the nature of necessity would welcome approaches from logic\, philosophy of language\, epistemology\, as well as metaphysics and philosophy of science\, and consider such questions as:
\n\n- What does it mean for a claim to be necessarily true? \;
\n- If any claims are necessarily true\, what accounts for that? \; What are the truth-makers or &ldquo\;grounds&rdquo\; for necessity claims?
\n- How do we know that a claim is not only true\, but necessarily true? How can necessity claims be epistemically justified? \;
\n- Are there different kinds of necessity claims: logical\, metaphysical\, physical &hellip\;? \; If so\, do different necessities differ with respect to their grounds\, or epistemic accessibility?
\n- How is necessity related to analyticity\, essence\, natural kind\, power\, cause\, or natural law?
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ORGANIZER;CN=Jennifer McKitrick;CN=Reina Hayaki:
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