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
Divers (2014) presents a set of de re modal truths which, he claims, are inconvenient for Lewisean m...
The paper outlines and immediately discusses the so-called ‘soft’ impossibility, i.e., non...
This thesis is an argument for the view that there are problems for Modal Reductionism, th...
I present an internal problem for David Lewis’s genuine modal realism. My aim is to show that his an...
I present an internal problem for David Lewis’s genuine modal realism. My aim is to show that his an...
This paper investigates the form a modal realist analysis of possibility and necessity should take. ...
The paper argues that Lewis’ Genuine Modal Realism, in taking the plurality of worlds to be necessar...
We propose a novel interpretation of Lewis on the analysis of modality that is constructed from prim...
Lewisian modal realism is infamous for explaining the objectivity of modal discourse in terms of con...
Some argue that Lewisian realism fails as a reduction of modality because in order to meet some cri...
I start by reconsidering two familiar arguments against modal realism. The argument from epistemolog...
Divers (2014) presents a set of de re modal truths which, he claims, are inconvenient for Lewisean m...
In his metaphysical summa of 1986, The Plurality of Worlds, David Lewis famously defends a doctrine ...
Divers (2014) presents a set of de re modal truths which, he claims, are inconvenient for Lewisean m...
The paper outlines and immediately discusses the so-called ‘soft’ impossibility, i.e., non...
This thesis is an argument for the view that there are problems for Modal Reductionism, th...
I present an internal problem for David Lewis’s genuine modal realism. My aim is to show that his an...
I present an internal problem for David Lewis’s genuine modal realism. My aim is to show that his an...
This paper investigates the form a modal realist analysis of possibility and necessity should take. ...
The paper argues that Lewis’ Genuine Modal Realism, in taking the plurality of worlds to be necessar...
We propose a novel interpretation of Lewis on the analysis of modality that is constructed from prim...
Lewisian modal realism is infamous for explaining the objectivity of modal discourse in terms of con...
Some argue that Lewisian realism fails as a reduction of modality because in order to meet some cri...
I start by reconsidering two familiar arguments against modal realism. The argument from epistemolog...
Divers (2014) presents a set of de re modal truths which, he claims, are inconvenient for Lewisean m...
In his metaphysical summa of 1986, The Plurality of Worlds, David Lewis famously defends a doctrine ...
Divers (2014) presents a set of de re modal truths which, he claims, are inconvenient for Lewisean m...
The paper outlines and immediately discusses the so-called ‘soft’ impossibility, i.e., non...
This thesis is an argument for the view that there are problems for Modal Reductionism, th...