This article argues that there is a great divide between semantics and metaphysics. Much of what is called metaphysics today is still stuck in the linguistic turn. This is illustrated by showing how Fraser MacBride misunderstands David Armstrong's theory of modality
It is widely agreed that the intelligibility of modal metaphysics has been vindicated. Quine's argum...
Aim of this paper is to analyse and assess two divergent understandings of metaphysical modality. On...
This paper sets out a number of reasons for thinking that the framework of possible worlds, even whe...
This article argues that there is a great divide between semantics and metaphysics. Much of what is ...
In this article, we discuss a simple argument that modal metaphysics is misconceived, and responses ...
This paper is concerned with the wholly metaphysical question of whether necessity and possibility r...
It is widely assumed in philosophy that there is a tight connection between semantics and metaphysic...
I begin by contrasting three approaches one can take to the distinction between the essential and ac...
The paper sketches an argument against modal monism, more specifically against the reduction of phys...
Talk of metaphysical modality as “absolute” is ambiguous, as it appears to convey multiple ideas. Me...
This paper explains and defends the idea that metaphysical necessity is the strongest kind of object...
According to Amie Thomasson's Modal Normativism (MN), knowledge of metaphysical modality is to be ex...
A philosopher who thinks substantive necessities obtain in re, this paper argues, need not believe i...
It is widely agreed that the intelligibility of modal metaphysics has been vindicated. Quine's argum...
Aim of this paper is to analyse and assess two divergent understandings of metaphysical modality. On...
This paper sets out a number of reasons for thinking that the framework of possible worlds, even whe...
This article argues that there is a great divide between semantics and metaphysics. Much of what is ...
In this article, we discuss a simple argument that modal metaphysics is misconceived, and responses ...
This paper is concerned with the wholly metaphysical question of whether necessity and possibility r...
It is widely assumed in philosophy that there is a tight connection between semantics and metaphysic...
I begin by contrasting three approaches one can take to the distinction between the essential and ac...
The paper sketches an argument against modal monism, more specifically against the reduction of phys...
Talk of metaphysical modality as “absolute” is ambiguous, as it appears to convey multiple ideas. Me...
This paper explains and defends the idea that metaphysical necessity is the strongest kind of object...
According to Amie Thomasson's Modal Normativism (MN), knowledge of metaphysical modality is to be ex...
A philosopher who thinks substantive necessities obtain in re, this paper argues, need not believe i...
It is widely agreed that the intelligibility of modal metaphysics has been vindicated. Quine's argum...
Aim of this paper is to analyse and assess two divergent understandings of metaphysical modality. On...
This paper sets out a number of reasons for thinking that the framework of possible worlds, even whe...