Necessity

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
Modal property
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Philosophy_of_language
Philosophy of science
Essentialism
Modal realism
gptkbp:contrastsWith Contingency
Impossibility
gptkbp:defines That which must be the case and cannot be otherwise
gptkbp:discusses gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:David_Lewis
gptkb:Leibniz
gptkb:Saul_Kripke
gptkbp:hasType Logical necessity
Metaphysical necessity
Nomological necessity
Physical necessity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Necessity
gptkbp:opposedBy Contingency
gptkbp:relatedTo Possibility
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Metaphysics
Modal logic
gptkbp:symbolizedInLogic □ (box)
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Ethics
gptkb:law
gptkb:philosophy
Modal logic
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:logic
gptkb:murder
gptkb:Jo_Walton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4