Advanced modalizing problems
I present an internal problem for David Lewis’s genuine modal realism. My aim is to show that his analysis of modality is inconsistent with his metaphysics. I consider several ways of modifying the Lewisian analysis of modality, but argue that none are successful. I argue that the problem also affec...
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| description | I present an internal problem for David Lewis’s genuine modal realism. My aim is to show that his analysis of modality is inconsistent with his metaphysics. I consider several ways of modifying the Lewisian analysis of modality, but argue that none are successful. I argue that the problem also affects theories related to genuine modal realism, including the stage theory of persistence and modal fictionalism. |
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| spelling | nottingham-390752020-05-04T20:02:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39075/ Advanced modalizing problems Jago, Mark I present an internal problem for David Lewis’s genuine modal realism. My aim is to show that his analysis of modality is inconsistent with his metaphysics. I consider several ways of modifying the Lewisian analysis of modality, but argue that none are successful. I argue that the problem also affects theories related to genuine modal realism, including the stage theory of persistence and modal fictionalism. Oxford University Press 2016-07 Article PeerReviewed Jago, Mark (2016) Advanced modalizing problems. Mind, 125 (499). pp. 627-642. ISSN 1460-2113 http://mind.oxfordjournals.org/content/125/499/627.full doi:10.1093/mind/fzv172 doi:10.1093/mind/fzv172 |
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| title_short | Advanced modalizing problems |
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