A posteriori necessity
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A posteriori necessity is a thesis in metaphysics and the philosophy of language, that some statements of which we must acquire knowledge a posteriori are also necessarily true. It challenges previously widespread belief that only a priori knowledge can be necessary. It draws on a number of philosophical concepts such as necessity, the causal theory of reference, rigidity, and the a priori a posteriori distinction.
It was first introduced by philosopher Saul Kripke in his 1970 series of lectures at Princeton University. The transcript of these lectures was then complied and assembled into his seminal book, Naming and Necessity.
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See also
- Necessity of identity
- Descriptivist theory of names
- Causal theory of reference
- Rigid designator
- Modality
- Necessity
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