A Problem about Permission and Possibility

This chapter explores the prospects for a unified theory of deontic and (socalled) epistemic modality. A theory of deontic modality needs to solve the puzzles raised by David Lewis in 'A Puzzle About Permission'. In particular, it needs to say what the effect is of making something permiss...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yablo, Stephen
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115359
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9486-8323