Rescher On Nomic Necessity


Συγγραφέας: Peter M. Simons


Peter M. Simons: Rescher On Nomic Necessity (pdf, 58K)
(2) All X’s have to be Y’s is to be brought out by glossing the latter as a stronger, nomological generalization involving counterfactural claims, thus: (3) All X’s are Y’s and further if any z that is not an X were an X, then z would be a Y. Professor Rescher points out that while (1) is equivalent to its contrapositive...