Journal article
From physical to metaphysical necessity
- Abstract:
- Let Nomological Bound be the thesis that there is nothing objectively possible beyond what is physically possible. Nomological Bound has struck many as a live hypothesis. Nevertheless, in this article I provide a novel argument against it. Yet even though I claim that Nomological Bound is false, I argue that the boundaries of objective possibility can still be characterised intimately in terms of physical necessity. This is philosophically significant, for on a natural understanding it constitutes the powerful anti-sceptical result that those who believe in physical necessity should not harbour any scepticism towards merely metaphysical possibilities.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/mind/fzab032
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- Mind More from this journal
- Volume:
- 131
- Issue:
- 524
- Pages:
- 1216–1246
- Publication date:
- 2021-12-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-04-08
- DOI:
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1460-2113
- ISSN:
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0026-4423
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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1199952
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pubs:1199952
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2021-10-27
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- 2021
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