Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Philosophers' Imprint
Publication Date
11-2016
Volume
16
Issue
19
First Page
1
Last Page
24
Publisher
University of Michigan * Library
Abstract
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.
E-ISSN
1533628X
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2016 Dan Marshall. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Marshall, D. (2016). A puzzle for modal realism. Philosophers' Imprint, 16(19), 1-24.