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Necessary Truths

Necessary Truths is a metaphysical proposition that, by virtue of its logical or conceptual structure, holds in all possible worlds and is thus invariant across every conceivable instantiation of reality, distinguishing it from contingent truths that depend on specific worldly conditions.

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104

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59

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2017–2026

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Necessary Propositions

Parents

Publications

107

Is Conceivability a Guide to Possibility?

Stephen Yablo · Philosophy and Phenomenological Research · 1993 · 737 citations

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Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today

Juilene Osborne-McKnight, Leslie Marmon Silko · The Antioch Review · 1996 · 267 citations

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The Logic of What Might Have Been

Nathan Salmón · The Philosophical Review · 1989 · 259 citations · Full text

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Diodorus Cronus and Hellenistic Philosophy

David Sedley · Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society · 1977 · 228 citations · Full text

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Descartes's Theory of Modality

Jonathan Bennett · The Philosophical Review · 1994 · 194 citations

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Authors

104

  1. RP
    Ross P. Cameron

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 108 citations

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  2. ML
    Marc Lange

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    3 publications · 85 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. LF
    Luciano Floridi

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 141 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. JV
    James Van Cleve

    University of Southern California, United States

    3 publications · 182 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. RG
    Richard Gaskin

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 58 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

59

  1. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    190 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    133 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    85 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    48 citations

  5. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  6. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    103 citations

  7. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    75 citations

  8. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

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Venues

  1. Analysis

    7 publications · 132 citations

    7

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  2. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

    PPR · 5 publications · 842 citations

    5

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  3. Philosophical Studies

    5 publications · 163 citations

    5

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  4. Mind

    5 publications · 215 citations

    5

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  5. The Philosophical Quarterly

    5 publications · 243 citations

    5

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