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1. Necessity: Necessity, a term used technically in philosophy for the quality of inevitable happening; for example, hot air necessarily tends to rise. Thus it corresponds in the sphere of action to certainty in the sphere of knowledge. That the sun will ... [100%] 2022-09-02
2. Naming and Necessity: Naming and Necessity is a 1980 book with the transcript of three lectures, given by the philosopher Saul Kripke, at Princeton University in 1970, in which he dealt with the debates of proper names in the philosophy of language. The ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-10-04 [Philosophy books]
3. Necessity of identity: In modal logic, the necessity of identity is the thesis that for every object x and object y, if x and y are the same object, it is necessary that x and y are the same object. The thesis is ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-12-09 [Necessity] [Concepts in logic]...
4. Meaning and Necessity: Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic is a 1947 book about logic by the philosopher Rudolf Carnap. Meaning and Necessity was the culmination of Carnap's concern with the semantics of natural and formal languages, which ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2024-01-11 [Meaning (philosophy of language)] [Modal logic]...
5. Necessity and sufficiency: In logic and mathematics, necessity and sufficiency are terms used to describe a conditional or implicational relationship between two statements. For example, in the conditional statement: "If P then Q", Q is necessary for P, because the truth of Q ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2022-12-17 [Necessity and sufficiency] [Concepts in logic]...
6. Necessity (criminal law): In the criminal law of many nations, necessity may be either a possible justification or an exculpation for breaking the law. Defendants seeking to rely on this defense argue that they should not be held liable for their actions as ... (Social) [57%] 2023-10-12 [Legal doctrines and principles]
7. Necessity (criminal law): In the criminal law of many nations, necessity may be either a possible justification or an exculpation for breaking the law. Defendants seeking to rely on this defense argue that they should not be held liable for their actions as ... (Criminal law) [57%] 2023-12-12 [Criminal defenses] [Legal doctrines and principles]...
8. Naming and Necessity: Naming and Necessity : 1980 book by American philosopher Saul Kripke that describes a causal theory of proper names as an alternative to a theory of proper names based on use of one or more definite descriptions. [57%] 2023-07-02
9. Necessity and sufficiency: In logic and mathematics, necessity and sufficiency are terms used to describe a conditional or implicational relationship between two statements. For example, in the conditional statement: "If P then Q", Q is necessary for P, because the truth of Q ... (Terms to describe a conditional relationship between two statements) [57%] 2023-12-11 [Necessity and sufficiency] [Concepts in logic]...
10. Act of Necessity: Act of Necessity is an Australian 1991 television film about a couple who believe their daughter's cancer is caused by chemicals. It was the fifth in a series of docu-dramas about social issues made by Film Australia. [57%] 2023-11-03 [1991 television films] [1991 films]...
11. The Necessity of Secularism: The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do is a book by Center for Inquiry CEO Ronald A. Lindsay arguing that secularism in government is the best solution to the problems posed by a society ... (Philosophy) [50%] 2023-12-11 [Secularism]
12. The Necessity of Secularism: The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do is a book by Center for Inquiry CEO Ronald A. Lindsay arguing that secularism in government is the best solution to the problems posed by a society ... [50%] 2024-01-26 [2014 non-fiction books] [Secularism]...
13. The Necessity of Secularism: The Necessity of Secularism: Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do is a book by Center for Inquiry CEO Ronald A. Lindsay arguing that secularism in government is the best solution to the problems posed by a society ... [50%] 2023-12-07 [2014 non-fiction books] [Secularism]...
14. The Necessity of Atheism: The Necessity of Atheism is a pamphlet, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and published in 1811, that attempts to refute the existence of God. In it, Shelley makes such fallacious claims as "the mind cannot believe in the existence of ... [50%] 2023-02-26 [Atheism] [Theology]...
15. The Necessity of Atheism: If ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, knowledge of nature is made for their destruction. 'The Necessity of Atheism' is an essay in English by the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley when he was a student at Oxford University. [50%] 2023-02-15
16. Necessity defense (New York): The Penal Law of the State of New York combines justification and necessity into a single article, Article 35. "Defense of Justification" comprises sections 35.05 through 35.30 of the Penal Law. (New York) [50%] 2022-09-27 [New York (state) law]
17. The Necessity of Atheism: "The Necessity of Atheism" is an essay on atheism by the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, printed in 1811 by Charles and William Phillips in Worthing while Shelley was a student at University College, Oxford. An enigmatically signed copy of ... (Philosophy) [50%] 2023-12-16 [Philosophy books]
18. Necessity law of agency: Agency of necessity A person who acts to save the property of another, or gives him some other form of assistance, may as a matter of law be regarded as an agent of necessity. The doctrine of agency of necessity ... [50%] 2023-12-12
19. Necessity in English criminal law: In English law, the defence of necessity recognises that there may be situations of such overwhelming urgency that a person must be allowed to respond by breaking the law. There have been very few cases in which the defence of ... (Defence for breaking the law) [44%] 2023-12-12 [English criminal law] [Medical law]...
20. Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution is a 2022 novel of speculative fiction by R. F. (2022 novel by R. F. Kuang) [40%] 2023-09-26 [2022 American novels] [2022 speculative fiction novels]...
21. The Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity Illustrated: The Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity (1777) is one of the major metaphysical works of 18th-century British polymath Joseph Priestley. Between 1774 and 1778, while serving as an assistant to Lord Shelburne, Priestley wrote a series of five major metaphysical ... (Philosophy) [40%] 2022-11-25 [Determinism] [Necessity]...
22. Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms: The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, passed by the Second Continental Congress, puts in writing why the Thirteen Colonies must forcibly defend their God given rights. The ideas contained in the Declaration of the Causes ... [31%] 2023-03-13 [American Revolution]
23. Metaphysical necessity: In philosophy, metaphysical necessity, sometimes called broad logical necessity, is one of many different kinds of necessity, which sits between logical necessity and nomological (or physical) necessity, in the sense that logical necessity entails metaphysical necessity, but not vice versa ... (Philosophy) [70%] 2023-12-31 [Necessity] [Reality]...
24. Medical necessity: Medical necessity is a legal doctrine in the United States related to activities that may be justified as reasonable, necessary, and/or appropriate based on evidence-based clinical standards of care. In contrast, unnecessary health care lacks such justification. (Medicine) [70%] 2023-12-30 [Legal doctrines and principles]
25. Military necessity: In its simplest form, military necessity is a part of just war theory, specifically dealing with jus in bello, or the conduct of combat. In U.S. [70%] 2023-06-14
26. Accidental necessity: In philosophy and logic, accidental necessity, often stated in its Latin form, necessitas per accidens, refers to the necessity attributed to the past by certain views of time. It is a controversial concept: its supporters argue that it has intuitive ... (Philosophy) [70%] 2023-09-08 [Necessity] [Concepts in metaphysics]...
27. Conceptual necessity: Conceptual necessity is a property of the certainty with which a state of affairs, as presented by a certain description, occurs: it occurs by conceptual necessity if and only if it occurs just by virtue of the meaning of the ... (Philosophy) [70%] 2023-12-19 [Necessity] [Meaning (philosophy of language)]...
28. Military necessity: Military necessity, along with distinction, and proportionality, are three important principles of international humanitarian law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict. Military necessity is governed by several constraints: an attack or action must be intended to ... (Social) [70%] 2022-07-29 [Laws of war]
29. Business necessity: A business necessity is a legitimate business purpose that justifies an employment decision as effective and needed to optimally achieve the organization's goals and ensure that operations run safely and efficiently. This is often presented as a defense of ... (Finance) [70%] 2023-12-23 [Business terms]
30. Military necessity: Military necessity, along with distinction, and proportionality, are three important principles of international humanitarian law governing the legal use of force in an armed conflict. Military necessity is governed by several constraints: an attack or action must be intended to ... [70%] 2024-05-12 [Law of war]
31. Fort Necessity, Louisiana: Fort Necessity is an unincorporated community in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its ZIP code is 71243. [57%] 2023-02-27 [Unincorporated communities in Franklin Parish, Louisiana] [Unincorporated communities in Louisiana]...
32. A posteriori necessity: 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 ... (Philosophy) [57%] 2023-11-10 [Necessity] [A priori]...
33. Fort Necessity, Louisiana: Fort Necessity is an unincorporated community in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its ZIP code is 71243. [57%] 2024-08-28 [Unincorporated communities in Franklin Parish, Louisiana] [Unincorporated communities in Louisiana]...
34. Doctrine of necessity: The doctrine of necessity is the basis on which extraordinary actions by administrative authority, which are designed to restore order or uphold fundamental constitutional principles, are considered to be lawful even if such an action contravenes established constitution, laws, norms ... (Social) [57%] 2025-03-03 [Legal doctrines and principles]