Modal Indispensability is a philosophical argument within the broader class of indispensability arguments that asserts the necessity of modal notions—such as possibility and necessity—in our best scientific theories, thereby justifying their ontological commitment on the grounds that such modal resources are indispensable for adequate scientific explanation.
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Eligibility and Inscrutability
John Williams · The Philosophical Review · 2007 · 191 citations · Full text
INTERFERING WITH NOMOLOGICAL NECESSITY
Markus Schrenk · The Philosophical Quarterly · 2010 · 30 citations
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