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Modal concepts - among them the concepts of logical, physical (nomic) and metaphysical necessity - used to be quite important for philosophy of science during centuries. However, in the 20th c. most philosophers aimed to avoid using those concepts in science, especially the concept of physical necessity. It may be noticed, modal concepts have begun to arouse interest recently, but still it is not...
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