Timothy Williamson is one of the most influential living philosophers working in the areas of logic and metaphysics. His work in these areas has been particularly influential in shaping debates about metaphysical modality, which is the topic of his recent provocative and closely-argued book Modal Logic as Metaphysics (2013). This book comprises ten essays by metaphysicians and logicians responding to Williamson’s work on metaphysical modality, as well as replies by Williamson to each essay. In addition, it contains an original essay by Williamson, ‘Modal science,’ concerning the role of modal claims in natural science. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy.
Edited by:
Juhani Yli-Vakkuri,
Mark McCullagh
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 775g
ISBN: 9780367229887
ISBN 10: 0367229889
Pages: 406
Publication Date: 04 February 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Modal science 2. Higher-order free logic and the Prior-Kaplan paradox Reply to Bacon, Hawthorne and Uzquiano 3. Williamson on Fine on Prior on the reduction of possibilist discourse Reply to Fine 4. First-order modal logic in the necessary framework of objects Reply to Fritz 5. Williamson on necessitism Reply to Goodman 6. Plurals and modals Reply to Linnebo 7. On Williamson and simplicity in modal logic Reply to Sider 8. Models and reality Reply to Stalnaker 9. An A-theory without tense operators Reply to Sullivan 10. Williamsonian modal epistemology, possibility-based Reply to Vetter 11. Epistemicism and modality Appendix to Juhani Yli-Vakkuri’s ‘Epistemicism and Modality’ Reply to Yli-Vakkuri
Juhani Yli-Vakkuri is a Research Affiliate in Philosophy at the Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo, Norway. Mark McCullagh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Canada.
