Modality  metaphysics, logic, and epistemology /  [Texte imprimé] : 
edited by Bob Hale, Aviv Hoffmann 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2010 
 - 1 vol. (VI-363 p.) :  ill. ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. 347-257 
<br/><br/> Metaphysics and logic.  Merely possible propositions /  Response to Robert Stalnaker /  Logical necessity /  Semantic Necessity /  Modal logic within counterfactual logic /  Is Timothy Williamson a Necessary Existent? /  Metaphysical dependence :  grounding and reduction /  On the source of necessity /  The reality of modality /  IBE, GMR, and metaphysical projects /  Modal commitments /  Response to John Divers /  Epistemology.  Permission and (so-called epistemic) possibility /  Response to Stephen Yablo /  Possible worlds and the necessary a posteriori /  Response to Frank Jackson /  Apriorism about modality /  Response to Scott Sturgeon /  Conceivability and apparent possibility /  Response to Dominic Gregory /  Bob Hale and Aviv Hoffmann --  Robert Stalnaker ;  Aviv Hoffmann ;  Ian Rumfitt ;  Kit Fine ;  Timothy Williamson ;  David Efird ;  Gideon Rosen ;  Ross P. Cameron ;  Anna Sherratt ;  Scott A. Shalkowski ;  John Divers ;  Daniel Nolan --  Stephen Yablo ;  David Efird ;  Frank Jackson ;  Penelope Mackie ;  Scott Sturgeon ;  C. S. Jenkins ;  Dominic Gregory ;  Ross P. Cameron  Introduction / 
<br/><br/> 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 volume presents new work on modality by established leaders in the field and by up-and-coming philosophers. Between them, the papers address fundamental questions concerning realism and anti-realism about modality, the nature and basis of facts about what is possible and what is necessary, the nature of modal knowledge, modal logic and its relations to necessary existence and to counterfactual reasoning. The general introduction locates the individual contributions in the wider context of the contemporary discussion of the metaphysics and epistemology of modality 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-19-956581-8 0-19-956581-3 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Modality (Logic) Logik Metaphysik Erkenntnistheorie Modalität 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>160