Non-Descriptivism About Modality. A Brief History And Revival

Despite the otherwise-dominant trends towards physicalism and naturalism in philosophy, it has become increasingly common for metaphysicians to accept the existence either of modal facts and properties, or of Lewisian possible worlds. This paper raises the historical question: why did these heavywei...

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Main Author: Amie Thomasson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 2009-10-01
Series:The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4148/biyclc.v4i0.132