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Natural necessity: An introductory guide for ontologists
Applied ontology 15 (1):61-89 (2020)
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Natural necessity is the kind of necessity that is supplied by ‘nature’: e.g., necessarily, a glass is broken when it is pressed with a certain force. Relevant topics of natural necessity include c...Author's Profile
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