TY - JOUR
T1 - A puzzle for modal realism
AU - MARSHALL, Daniel Graham
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - Modal realists face a puzzle. For modal realism to be justified, modal realists need to be able to give a successful reduction of modality. A simple argument, however, appears to show that the reduction they propose fails. In order to defend the claim that modal realism is justified, modal realists therefore need to either show that this argument fails, or show that modal realists can give another reduction of modality that is successful. I argue that modal realists cannot do either of these things and that, as a result, modal realism is unjustified and should be rejected.
AB - Modal realists face a puzzle. For modal realism to be justified, modal realists need to be able to give a successful reduction of modality. A simple argument, however, appears to show that the reduction they propose fails. In order to defend the claim that modal realism is justified, modal realists therefore need to either show that this argument fails, or show that modal realists can give another reduction of modality that is successful. I argue that modal realists cannot do either of these things and that, as a result, modal realism is unjustified and should be rejected.
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/6122
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84997522775&partnerID=40&md5=868dac44c7cad9c95aa087d6b74057c5
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 24
JO - Philosophers Imprint
JF - Philosophers Imprint
SN - 1533-628X
M1 - 19
ER -