The Contingent Spotlight Theory.
In this paper I defend the Contingent Spotlight Theory, a theory of modality analogous to the Moving Spotlight Theory in the philosophy of time. My defence of the theory consists in developing responses to three objections that have been raised against it, two of which are due to Lewis (1986). I als...
| Publicado en: | Pacific Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 106; no. 3; pp. 162 - 173 |
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