Divers, J orcid.org/0000-0002-1286-6587 and Parry, JJ (2018) Advanced Modalizing De Dicto and De Re. Analysis, 78 (3). pp. 415-425. ISSN 0003-2638
Abstract
Lewis’ (1968, 1986) analysis of modality faces a problem in that it appears to confer unintended truth values to certain modal claims about the pluriverse: e.g. ‘It is possible that there are many worlds’ is false when we expect truth. This is the problem of advanced modalizing. Divers (1999, 2002) presents a principled solution to this problem by treating modal modifiers as semantically redundant in some such cases. However, this semantic move does not deal adequately with advanced de re modal claims. Here, we motivate and detail a comprehensive semantics (a la Lewis 1968) for advanced modalizing de dicto and de re. The generalized semantic feature of the initial solution is not redundancy but absence from counterpart-theoretic translations of world-constrictions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Authors 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Analysis Trust. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article published in Analysis following peer review. The version of record, 'Divers, J and Parry, JJ (2018) Advanced Modalizing De Dicto and De Re. Analysis, 78 (3). pp. 415-425,' is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anx129 |
Keywords: | Advanced modalizing; genuine modal realism; counterpart theory; David Lewis; redundancy interpretation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2017 08:21 |
Last Modified: | 25 Dec 2019 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/analys/anx129 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:121833 |