Advanced Modalizing Problems

Mind 125 (499):627-642 (2016)
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Abstract

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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Mark Jago
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Modal fictionalism.Gideon Rosen - 1990 - Mind 99 (395):327-354.

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