The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality
This paper develops a moodless theory of modality, intended to be as closely analogous to the tenseless theory of time as possible. It is argued that the new theory is distinct from David Lewis' modal realism and that it solves certain problems better than modal realism does, namely, the proble...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
2020
|
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123497 |
| _version_ | 1811079170769289216 |
|---|---|
| author | Skow, Bradford |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Skow, Bradford |
| author_sort | Skow, Bradford |
| collection | MIT |
| description | This paper develops a moodless theory of modality, intended to be as closely analogous to the tenseless theory of time as possible. It is argued that the new theory is distinct from David Lewis' modal realism and that it solves certain problems better than modal realism does, namely, the problem of advanced modalizing, the problem of necessitism, and the problem of conflict with common opinion. |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T11:10:59Z |
| format | Article |
| id | mit-1721.1/123497 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T11:10:59Z |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publisher | John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/1234972022-09-27T17:41:15Z The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality Skow, Bradford Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy This paper develops a moodless theory of modality, intended to be as closely analogous to the tenseless theory of time as possible. It is argued that the new theory is distinct from David Lewis' modal realism and that it solves certain problems better than modal realism does, namely, the problem of advanced modalizing, the problem of necessitism, and the problem of conflict with common opinion. 2020-01-21T19:43:37Z 2020-01-21T19:43:37Z 2018-09-20 2019-11-06T13:29:42Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0279-0750 1468-0114 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123497 Skow, Bradford. "The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality." Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 100, 2 (September 2018) © 2018 The Author, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly; © 2018 University of Southern California and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. en https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12258 Pacific Philosophical Quarterly Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. MIT web domain |
| spellingShingle | Skow, Bradford The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality |
| title | The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality |
| title_full | The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality |
| title_fullStr | The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality |
| title_short | The Tenseless Theory of Time and the Moodless Theory of Modality |
| title_sort | tenseless theory of time and the moodless theory of modality |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123497 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT skowbradford thetenselesstheoryoftimeandthemoodlesstheoryofmodality AT skowbradford tenselesstheoryoftimeandthemoodlesstheoryofmodality |