necessitation
- noun
- /nəˌsɛsɪˈteɪʃən/
- Formal
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necesidad lógica
- In formal logic, necessitation is crucial for understanding how certain statements necessarily entail others.
Examples
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The theory of necessitation illustrates how certain conclusions must logically follow from established premises.
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The parallel suggests that there are not three concepts, but one. Kant asserts this: "good" signifies practical necessity; "ought" represents this necessity as necessitation, that is, in relation to a possible hindrance to the actuality of what is practically necessary.
Academic text (2018) -
The concept of necessitation helps philosophers analyze the relationships between different propositions and their logical implications.
Synonyms
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A logical relation where if one statement is true, another must be true
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A connection between two statements that makes the second true if the first is true
A result that follows from something said or done
The way one thing follows from another
A link between two statements that says if one is true then the other must be true
A connection between multiple statements that shows if one follows another, is the same, or is the opposite
Surface Forms
Morphology
necessitation = necessitate (semi-transparent) = necessitate + ation
Morphologically a regular nominalization of 'necessitate', but this sense is a specialized logical/technical term, so the precise logical meaning may not be inferable to average learners.
Etymology
The word necessitation comes from the same Latin root necess- meaning 'need' or 'necessary' and the ending -ation meaning 'act' or 'process'. In logic, necessitation is the rule that turns a true statement into one that 'must' be true in every case, so it shows what is necessary.