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479A counterfactual account of essenceThe Reasoner. 2007.Kit Fine (1994. “Essence and Modality”, Philosophical Perspectives 8: 1-16) argues that the standard modal account of essence as de re modality is ‘fundamentally misguided’ (p. 3). We agree with his critique and suggest an alternative counterfactual analysis of essence. As a corollary, our counterfactual account lends support to non-vacuism the thesis that counterpossibles (i.e., counterfactual conditionals with impossible antecedents) are not always vacuously true
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86Clues to the paradoxes of knowability: reply to Dummett and TennantAnalysis 62 (2): 143-150. 2002.
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Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Language |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
PhilPapers Editorships
Knowability |
Epistemic Modals |