Two morals about a modal paradox.

Chisholm's paradox serves as an important constraint on our modal theorising. For example, one lesson of the paradox is that widely accepted essentialist theses appear incompatible with metaphysical necessity obeying a logic that includes S4. However, this article cautions against treating Chisholm'...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 198; no. 10; pp. 9873 - 9897
Autor principal: Roberts, Alexander
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Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2021
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