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  2. Necessity and sufficiency - Wikipedia

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    If P is sufficient for Q, then knowing P to be true is adequate grounds to conclude that Q is true; however, knowing P to be false does not meet a minimal need to conclude that Q is false. The logical relation is, as before, expressed as "if P, then Q" or "P ⇒ Q". This can also be expressed as "P only if Q", "P implies Q" or several other ...

  3. Necessary - Wikipedia

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    Necessity., a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon being part of Three Extracts from the Diary of a Week, 1837. "Necessary" (song), by Every Little Thing, 1998; A bathroom or toilet, in some languages (in English this is an archaic usage) An economic need enunciated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 Second Bill of Rights

  4. Necessity is the mother of invention - Wikipedia

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    One of the earliest recorded instances of the proverb is in one of Aesop’s Fables, “The Crow and the Pitcher” from the mid 6th century BCE. Plato's Republic says "our need will be the real creator", [5] which Jowett's 1894 translation rendered loosely as "The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention."

  5. Need - Wikipedia

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    A need is dissatisfaction at a point of time and in a given context. Needs are distinguished from wants. In the case of a need, a deficiency causes a clear adverse ...

  6. Metaphysical necessity - Wikipedia

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    Metaphysical necessity is contrasted with other types of necessity. For example, the philosophers of religion John Hick [2] and William L. Rowe [3] distinguished the following three: factual necessity (existential necessity): a factually necessary being is not causally dependent on any other being, while any other being is causally dependent on it.

  7. Modal logic - Wikipedia

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    Modal logic is a kind of logic used to represent statements about necessity and possibility.It plays a major role in philosophy and related fields as a tool for understanding concepts such as knowledge, obligation, and causation.

  8. All You Need to Know About The Necessity Retail (RTL ... - AOL

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    The Necessity Retail (RTL) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

  9. Necessity good - Wikipedia

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    In economics, a necessity good or a necessary good is a type of normal good. Necessity goods are product(s) and services that consumers will buy regardless of the changes in their income levels, therefore making these products less sensitive to income change. [ 1 ]