The philosophy of modality investigates necessity and possibility, and related notions¿are they objective features of mind-independent reality? If so, are they 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.
The philosophy of modality investigates necessity and possibility, and related notions¿are they objective features of mind-independent reality? If so, are they 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.
Bob Hale is Professor of Philosophy at Sheffield University. He has been a British Academy Research Reader (1997-99), and a Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow (2009-11). He previously taught at the University of Glasgow, the University of St. Andrews, and Lancaster University. He works mainly on the philosophy of mathematics and philosophical logic. Aviv Hoffmann is Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University of Israel.
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Introduction Part I: METAPHYSICS and LOGIC 1: Robert Stalnaker: Merely Possible Propositions 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 Response to John Divers Part II: EPISTEMOLOGY 11: Stephen Yablo: Permission and (So-Called Epistemic) Possibility Response to Stephen Yablo 12: Frank Jackson: Possible Worlds and the Necessary A Posteriori Response to Frank Jackson 13: Scott Sturgeon: Apriorism about Modality Response to Scott Sturgeon 14: Dominic Gregory: Conceivability and Apparent Possibility Response to Dominic Gregory Bibliography Index
Introduction Part I: METAPHYSICS and LOGIC 1: Robert Stalnaker: Merely Possible Propositions 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 Response to John Divers Part II: EPISTEMOLOGY 11: Stephen Yablo: Permission and (So-Called Epistemic) Possibility Response to Stephen Yablo 12: Frank Jackson: Possible Worlds and the Necessary A Posteriori Response to Frank Jackson 13: Scott Sturgeon: Apriorism about Modality Response to Scott Sturgeon 14: Dominic Gregory: Conceivability and Apparent Possibility Response to Dominic Gregory Bibliography Index
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