Modal realism, still at your convenience

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Analysis 77 (2):299-303 (2017)
Authors
Mark Jago
Nottingham University
Harold Noonan
Nottingham University
Abstract
Divers presents a set of de re modal truths which, he claims, are inconvenient for Lewisean modal realism. We argue that there is no inconvenience for Lewis.
Keywords Modality  David Lewis  John Divers  Possible words  Spatiotemporal relations
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DOI 10.1093/analys/anx037
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