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Modal humeanism and arguments from possibility
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Author
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Abstract
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| Sider (2011, 2013) proposes a reductive analysis of metaphysical modality(modal) Humeanismand goes on to argue that it has interesting epistemological and methodological implications. In particular, Humeanism is supposed to undermine a class of arguments from possibility, which includes Sider's (1993) own argument against mereological nihilism and Chalmers's (1996) argument against physicalism. I argue that Sider's arguments do not go through, and moreover that we should instead expect Humeanism to be compatible with the practice of arguing from possibility in philosophy. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. - London
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Publication
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London
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2013
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ISSN
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0066-7374
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1467-9264
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DOI
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10.1111/J.1467-9264.2013.00361.X
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Volume/pages
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113
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(2013)
, p. 391-401
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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