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A Case for Necessitarianism (Hardcover)
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A Case for Necessitarianism (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
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This book is the first detailed and focused defense of
necessitarianism. The author's original account of necessitarianism
encourages a reexamination of commonly held metaphysical positions
as well as important issues in other, related areas of philosophy.
Necessitarianism is the view that absolutely nothing about the
world could have been otherwise in any way, whatsoever. Most
philosophers believe that necessitarianism is just plain false and
presume that some things could have been otherwise than what they
are. In this book, the author argues that necessitarianism is true
and the view that some things in the world are contingent-what the
author terms contingentarianism-is false. The author assesses
various theories of contingency, including the possible worlds
theory, combinatorialism, and dispositionalism, and argues that no
theory can successfully explain why an entity is such as it is
rather than not. She then lays out a case for necessitarianism and
provides responses to various objections. The book concludes with
an explanation of the ways in which necessitarianism is relevant to
issues in ethics, philosophy of mind, and social philosophy. A Case
for Necessitarianism will be of interest to scholars and advanced
students working in metaphysics, logic, and philosophy of science.
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