http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
1 online resource (vi, 363 pages) : illustrations
The philosophy of modality investigates necessity and possibility, and related notions - are they objective features of mind-independent reality? This volume presents new work on modality by established leaders in the field and by up-and-coming philosophers.
Introduction / Bob Hale and Aviv Hoffmann -- Metaphysics and logic. Merely possible propositions / Robert Stalnaker ; Response to Robert Stalnaker / Aviv Hoffmann ; Logical necessity / Ian Rumfitt ; Semantic Necessity / Kit Fine ; Modal logic within counterfactual logic / Timothy Williamson ; Is Timothy Williamson a Necessary Existent? / David Efird ; Metaphysical dependence : grounding and reduction / Gideon Rosen ; On the source of necessity / Ross P. Cameron ; The reality of modality / Anna Sherratt ; IBE, GMR, and metaphysical projects / Scott A. Shalkowski ; Modal commitments / John Divers ; Response to John Divers / Daniel Nolan -- Epistemology. Permission and (so-called epistemic) possibility / Stephen Yablo ; Response to Stephen Yablo / David Efird ; Possible worlds and the necessary a posteriori / Frank Jackson ; Response to Frank Jackson / Penelope Mackie ; Apriorism about modality / Scott Sturgeon ; Response to Scott Sturgeon / C.S. Jenkins ; Conceivability and apparent possibility / Dominic Gregory ; Response to Dominic Gregory / Ross P. Cameron.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford Scholarship Online 2010