Williamson on Modality
  1. 406 pages
  2. English
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About this book

Timothy Williamson is one of the most influential living philosophers working in the areas of logic and metaphysics. His work in these areas has been particularly influential in shaping debates about metaphysical modality, which is the topic of his recent provocative and closely-argued book Modal Logic as Metaphysics (2013). This book comprises ten essays by metaphysicians and logicians responding to Williamson's work on metaphysical modality, as well as replies by Williamson to each essay. In addition, it contains an original essay by Williamson, 'Modal science, ' concerning the role of modal claims in natural science. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy.

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Yes, you can access Williamson on Modality by Juhani Yli-Vakkuri, Mark McCullagh, Juhani Yli-Vakkuri,Mark McCullagh in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Filosofia & Storia e teoria della filosofia. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Citation Information
  8. Notes on Contributors
  9. 1 Modal science
  10. 2 Higher-order free logic and the Prior-Kaplan paradox
  11. Reply to Bacon, Hawthorne and Uzquiano
  12. 3 Williamson on Fine on Prior on the reduction of possibilist discourse
  13. Reply to Fine
  14. 4 First-order modal logic in the necessary framework of objects
  15. Reply to Fritz
  16. 5 Williamson on necessitism
  17. Reply to Goodman
  18. 6 Plurals and modals
  19. Reply to Linnebo
  20. 7 On Williamson and simplicity in modal logic
  21. Reply to Sider
  22. 8 Models and reality
  23. Reply to Stalnaker
  24. 9 An A-theory without tense operators
  25. Reply to Sullivan
  26. 10 Williamsonian modal epistemology, possibility-based
  27. Reply to Vetter
  28. 11 Epistemicism and modality
  29. Appendix to Juhani Yli-Vakkuri’s ‘Epistemicism and modality’
  30. Reply to Yli-Vakkuri
  31. Index