The Necessity of Naturalness

Erkenntnis 89 (3):1017-1025 (2022)
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Abstract

Are properties perfectly natural (or not) relative to worlds, or are they perfectly natural (or not) tout court? That is, could there be a property P that is instanti-ated at worlds w1 and w2, and is perfectly natural at w1 but not at w2? Here, we offer an original argument for the non-world-relativity of perfect naturalness. Along the way, we reply to a prima facie compelling argument for the contin-gency of perfect naturalness, based upon the connection between natural prop-erties and laws of nature.

Author Profiles

Nathan Wildman
Tilburg University
Joshua D. K. Brown
Gustavus Adolphus College

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