The philosophy of modality investigates necessity and possibility, and related notions--are they objective features of mind-independent reality? If so, arethey irreducible, or can modal facts be explained in other terms? This collection comprises essays on these and other questions by an excellent team of contributors. INDICE: Bob Hale and Aviv Hoffmann: Introduction; Part I: METAPHYSICS and LOGIC; 1: Robert Stalnaker: Merely Possible Propositions; Aviv Hoffmann: Response to Robert Stalnaker; 2: Ian Rumfitt: Logical Necessity; 3: Kit Fine: Semantic Necessity; 4: Timothy Williamson: Modal Logic within Counterfactual Logic; 5: David Efird: Is Timothy Williamson a Necessary Existent?; 6: Gideon Rosen: Metaphysical Dependence: Grounding and Reduction; 7: Ross Cameron: On the Source of Necessity; 8: Anna Sherratt: The Reality of Modality; 9: Scott Shalkowksi: IBE, GMR, and Metaphysical Projects; 10: John Divers: Modal Commitments; Daniel Nolan: Response to John Divers; Part II: EPISTEMOLOGY; 11: Stephen Yablo: Permission and (So-Called Epistemic) Possibility; David Efird: Response to Stephen Yablo; 12: Frank Jackson: Possible Worlds and the Necessary A Posteriori ; Penelope Mackie: Response to Frank Jackson; 13: Scott Sturgeon: Apriorism about Modality; C.S. Jenkins: Response to Scott Sturgeon; 14: Dominic Gregory: Conceivability and Apparent Possibility; Ross Cameron: Response to DominicGregory; Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-956581-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha Publicación: 25/03/2010
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- Idioma: Inglés