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The World Is Not Enough: An Enquiry into Realism about Modality

Comeau, Ryan J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1374608481

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2013, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Philosophy.
I will examine various putative criteria for realism about modality, rejecting some and accepting others. I then will use the criteria to evaluate the views of Lewis and Stalnaker. In the end I argue that, while Lewis’ account satisfies the conditions that I propose, we need not require that possible worlds are concrete if we want to be realists about possible worlds. Further, I will argue that it is questionable whether Stalnaker’s account should count as realist.
Deborah Smith (Committee Chair)
66 p.
Philosophy
metaphysics; modality; logic

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  • Comeau, R. J. (2013). The World Is Not Enough: An Enquiry into Realism about Modality [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1374608481

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Comeau, Ryan. The World Is Not Enough: An Enquiry into Realism about Modality. 2013. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1374608481.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Comeau, Ryan. "The World Is Not Enough: An Enquiry into Realism about Modality." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1374608481

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