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Natural Necessity

Natural Necessity is a theoretical construct in the philosophy of nature that designates the principle whereby certain states or events must occur as determined by the inherent causal laws governing natural systems, distinguishing it from logical or moral necessity by its grounding in empirical regularities and physical determinism.

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2017–2026

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Physical Necessity

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The philosophy of nature: a guide to the new essentialism

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 230 citations

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Stephen P. Schwartz. Preface. Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 9–10. - Stephen P. Schwartz. Introduction. Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 13–41. - Keith S. Donnellan. Reference and definite descriptions. A reprint of XL 276 (12). Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 42–65. - Saul Kripke. Identity and necessity. Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 66–101. (Reprinted from <b><i>Identity and individuation</i></b>, edited by Milton K. Munitz, New York University Press, New York 1971, pp. 135–164.) - Hilary Putnam. IS semantics possible?Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 102–118. (Reprinted from <b><i>Language, belief, and metaphysics</i></b>, edited by Howard E. Kiefer and Milton K. Munitz, Contemporary philosophic thought, vol. 11, State University of New York Press, Albany 1970, pp. 50–63.) - Hilary Putnam. Meaning and reference. Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 119–132. (Reprinted from <b><i>The journal of philosophy</i></b>, vol. 70 (1973), pp. 699–711.) - William K. Goosens. Underlying trait terms. Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 133–154. - W. V. Quine. Natural kinds. Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 155–175. (Reprinted from <b><i>Essays in honor of Carl D. Hempel, A tribute on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday</i></b>, edited by Nicholas Rescher et al., D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht 1969, pp. 5–23.) - Irving M. Com. Essence and accident. Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 176–191. (Reprinted from <b><i>The journal of philosophy</i></b>, vol. 51 (1954), pp. 706–719.) - Gareth Evans. The causal theory of names. Naming, necessity, and natural kinds, edited by Stephen P. Schwartz, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London1977, pp. 192–215. (Reprinted from <b><i>Aristotelian Society supplementary volume XLVII</i></b>, London 1973, pp. 187–208.)

Tyler Burge · Journal of Symbolic Logic · 1982 · 226 citations

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Necessity as the mother of invention: Innovative responses to natural disasters

Qing Miao, David Popp · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 2014 · 162 citations

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Natural Kindness

Matthew H. Slater · The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · 2014 · 152 citations · Full text

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The World as One of a Kind: Natural Necessity and Laws of Nature

John Bigelow, Brian Ellis, Caroline Lierse · The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · 1992 · 150 citations

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Authors

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  1. ML
    Marc Lange

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    3 publications · 79 citations

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  2. UM
    Ugo Mattei

    University of California Hastings College of the Law, United States

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  3. MK
    Markus Kohl

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  4. MT
    Matthew Tugby

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 68 citations

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  5. JJ
    Julia Jansen

    University College Cork, Ireland

    2 publications · 47 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  2. Jesus University

    Jeonju, South Korea

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  5. Applied Technical Services (United States)

    Marietta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Modern Language Association

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  8. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 396 citations

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  2. Philosophy of Science

    4 publications · 51 citations

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  3. Analysis

    4 publications · 75 citations

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  4. European Journal of Philosophy

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  5. Synthese

    2 publications · 65 citations

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