Talk:Metaphysical necessity

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May 2011: I clarified the "necessary simpliciter" passage. A reader could easily get the impression that metaphysically necessary statements are necessary in all other senses as well--but this is false. I clarified this by briefly discussing the statement "God exists," which is often taken to be an example of something that's supposed to be logically contingent but metaphysically necessary.

Also removed the passage about modal logic, since it implies that the metaphysically necessary is just what's true at all possible worlds. That's incorrect--statements can be metaphysically necessary while being false at some possible worlds. "True at all possible worlds" is more like logical necessity, not metaphysical necessity.

I supplied a linke to a Philosophy Now page on metaphysical necessity, though I'd prefer to have found a better cite. The linked page is not well written and doesn't explain fully enough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.8.36.251 (talk) 19:49, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, the definition given was completely opaque and inaccurate.Stud.schmidt (talk) 13:01, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article was absolutely terrible, and gave completely wrong definitions. I've tidied it up a bit, although there's still loads that needs to be done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.81.135 (talk) 17:58, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article needs a proper intro. It needs to start by saying "Metaphysical necessity is ...". I'm not familiar with the subject so I will leave that to others. (I came here by hitting the Random Article button).Scwlong (talk) 21:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Simpliciter not common word

I recommend replacing simpliciter with simply, at every occurrence in document to promote readability. This may distort the meaning slightly, so I leave this as a recommendation. 68.144.80.168 (talk) 18:40, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion

"Essay" is certainly a reason for an article to be restructured, but definitely not to be deleted. Found it for me (as a non-philosopher) very helpful. --Sterling (talk) 05:09, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]