The Limits of Contingency

Gideon Rosen

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The Limits of Contingency

Gideon Rosen

Philosophy

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There are two ways to understand the question. We might imagine it asked by an up-to-date philosopher who grasps the concept well enough but wants to know more about what it is for a proposition to hold of metaphysical necessity. Alternatively, we might imagine it asked by a neophyte who ‘s never heard the phrase before and simply wants to know what philosophers have in mind by it.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Identity and Modality
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	13-39
Number of pages	27
ISBN (Electronic)	9781383043112
ISBN (Print)	9780199285747
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199285747.003.0002
State	Published - Jan 1 2023

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Paper
Philosophers

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