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Conceptual necessity, the Glossary

Conceptual necessity is a property of the certainty with which a state of affairs, as presented by a certain description, occurs: it occurs by conceptual necessity if and only if it occurs just by virtue of the meaning of the description.^[1]

Analytic–synthetic distinction

The analytic–synthetic distinction is a semantic distinction used primarily in philosophy to distinguish between propositions (in particular, statements that are affirmative subject–predicate judgments) that are of two types: analytic propositions and synthetic propositions. Conceptual necessity and analytic–synthetic distinction are Concepts in epistemology.

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Bachelor

A bachelor is a man who is not and never has been married.

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 163221 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin.

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In philosophy, metaphysical necessity, sometimes called broad logical necessity, is one of many different kinds of necessity, which sits between logical necessity and nomological (or physical) necessity, in the sense that logical necessity entails metaphysical necessity, but not vice versa, and metaphysical necessity entails physical necessity, but not vice versa. Conceptual necessity and metaphysical necessity are Modal metaphysics and necessity.

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Modal logic

Modal logic is a kind of logic used to represent statements about necessity and possibility.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_necessity

Conceptual necessity, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Analytic–synthetic distinction

Bachelor

Baruch Spinoza

Modal logic

See also

Meaning (philosophy of language)

Modal metaphysics

Necessity

References