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A Critique of Armstrong's Truthmaking Account of Possibility

Kalhat, Javier

In: Acta Analytica, 2008, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 161-176

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    Titre
    • A Critique of Armstrong's Truthmaking Account of Possibility
    Auteur
    • Kalhat, Javier. Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Zürich, Zürichbergstrasse 43, 8044, Zürich, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:315989
    Summary
    In this paper I argue against Armstrong's recent truthmaking account of possibility. I show that the truthmaking account presupposes modality in a number of different ways, and consequently that it is incapable of underwriting a genuine reduction of modality. I also argue that Armstrong's account faces serious difficulties irrespective of the question of reduction; in particular, I argue that his Entailment and Possibility Principles are both false