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Essentialist modal rationalism

Goff, Philip

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It used to be thought that rational coherence and metaphysical possibility went hand in hand. Kripke and Putnam put a spanner in the works by proposing examples of propositions which seem to violate this principle. I will propose a nuanced form of modal rationalism consistent with the Kripke/Putnam cases. The rough idea is that rational coherence entails possibility when you grasp the essential nature of what you’re conceiving of.

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Goff, P. (2021). Essentialist modal rationalism. Synthese, 198, 2019-2027. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02109-9

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 23, 2019
Online Publication Date May 22, 2019
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date May 24, 2019
Publicly Available Date May 24, 2019
Journal Synthese
Print ISSN 0039-7857
Electronic ISSN 1573-0964
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 198
Pages 2019-2027
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02109-9
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1301004

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