Essentialist modal rationalism

Goff, Philip

doi:10.1007/s11229-019-02109-9

Essentialist modal rationalism

Goff, Philip

Authors

Professor Philip Goff philip.a.goff@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

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.

Citation

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

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