The Epistemology of Modality

Margot Strohminger & Juhani Yli-Vakkuri

Analysis 77 (4):825-838 (2017)

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Abstract

This article surveys recent developments in the epistemology of modality.

Keywords

epistemology of modality modality conceivability counterfactuals a priori knowledge philosophical methodology

Categories

Conceivability, Imagination, and Possibility in Metaphysics

Counterfactuals and Modal Epistemology in Metaphysics

Modal Intuition in Metaphysics

Modal Rationalism in Metaphysics

Modal Skepticism in Metaphysics

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2017

DOI

10.1093/analys/anx058

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STRTEO-35

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Is Conceivability a Guide to Possibility?Yablo, Stephen

Modal Science.Williamson, Timothy

Perceptual Knowledge of Nonactual Possibilities.Strohminger, Margot

Rationalism and the Content of Intuitive Judgements.Malmgren, Anna-Sara

What is the Source of Our Knowledge of Modal Truths?Lowe, E. J.

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The Necessity of Mathematics.Yli‐Vakkuri, Juhani & Hawthorne, John

Knowledge of Objective Modality.Strohminger, Margot & Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani

The Epistemology of Modality and the Problem of Modal Epistemic Friction.Vaidya, Anand Jayprakash & Wallner, Michael

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