Necessary Pompousteriori
I need twenty a posteriori necessary truths, stat.
Cats can be robots, in the metaphysical and epistemic sense. Former: well, we “discover” that cats are animals, and thus a natural kind. “But that’s the epistemic sense!”
Scratch: Dammit! The scientist ain’t uncovering necessary truths!
Less funny:
Animals are physical entities arranged in a certain fashion (by God–whoops!). “H2O” refers to something “most basic”?
If we take away one Hydrogen atom, will we have water? If we take away one Y from “XYZ,” will we have water? Modify the “basic” structure, this might be compatible with perceiving that it is red. Can we modify the basic structure? Can we suppose that we can by simply by intuition (non-metaphysic)?