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May 15, 2003 · This book is a collection of my essays, dating from 1969, concerning the metaphysics of modality. The first two chapters are a defense of the idea of modality de re against criticisms from William Kneale and W. V. Quine, and an elaboration on the notions of possible worlds and essences.
- Essays in the Metaphysics of Modality - Oxford Academic
In this essay, I consider two arguments for existentialism...
- Essays in the Metaphysics of Modality - Oxford Academic
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Mar 27, 2003 · Perhaps no one has done more in the last 30 years to advance thinking in the metaphysics of modality than has Alvin Plantinga. Collected here are some of his most important essays on this...
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Allan Bäck: Review of Essays in the Metaphysics of Modality where a proper name has a Fregean sense, consisting of (most of) a cluster of universal attributes.
In this essay, I consider two arguments for existentialism and find them both unconvincing. I then give an argument against the existential thesis that singular propositions are ontologically dependent on contingent objects.
I begin the essay by introducing the ideas of states of affairs, possible worlds, and truth in a possible world. Making use of these concepts, I argue that each object not only has some properties essentially but also has an essence.
